I hate top posting ;) On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 07:02 +0000, Ian wrote: > But I was not here to make a date. And I see other top posting OK. > > > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: Sean Miller > > Date: 05/11/2006 05:10:03 > > To: British Ubuntu Talk > > Subject: [ubuntu-UK] top posting row (was Uk Loco team forums) > > > > Ian wrote: > > > You have and its appalling bad taste in my language. > > > > > Just to explain for a moment, Ian, why people feel so passionately at > > Times about top posting in an e-mail list and as a result sometimes we > > Can end up with situations like this where one person feels "victimised" > > Or the like... > > > > Imagine yourself as a "Digest" subscriber to the list. You will get one > > E-mail daily with all the posts in. Imagine then that there is a big > > Issue going on and many posts are on one thread. If we take a > > Conversation thus... > > > > Mike: "Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it." > > Bob: "Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck?" > > Mike: "Oh, definitely. What time?" > > Bob: "Midday?" > > Mike: "Great! Seeya there" > > > > Easy enough isn't it? Right... let's imagine they all top post... what's > > The digest going to look like? > > > > 10:15am [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. > > > > 10.20am [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? > > > > Mike wrote: > > >Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. > > > > 10.25am [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Oh, definitely. What time? > > > > Bob wrote: > > >Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? > > > > > >Mike wrote: > > >>Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. > > > > 10.26am [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Midday? > > > > Mike wrote: > > >Oh, definitely. What time? > > > > > >Bob wrote: > > >>Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? > > >> > > >>Mike wrote: > > >>>Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. > > > > 10.28am [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Great, Seeya there! > > > > Bob wrote: > > >Midday? > > > > > >Mike wrote: > > >>Oh, definitely. What time? > > >> > > >>Bob wrote: > > >>>Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? > > >>> > > >>>Mike wrote: > > >>>>Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. > > > > ...and that was *such* a simple conversation. Imagine a technical > > Discussion. > > > > Please understand, Ian, nobody is trying to drive anybody else off this > > List. > > > > I believe the request to be simply saying *try* to think about making it > > Easy for the other readers when you post. It literally only takes a few > > Seconds to snip out the bits you're replying to but it could save those > > Reading the digest hours when trying to make head or tail of a conversation. > > > > > Sean > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ http://walkertopia.com/blog
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