I'm top posting out of spite and because I'm fed up with these discussions.
No sooner has the same topic on the ubuntu-users list fizzled out (after dozens of unneeded emails) but I have got it back on the ubuntu-uk list. Thank heavens I have a Delete key and index finger poised over it to get rid of these emails as soon as I see the subject line. Tony On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 10:49 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > On 07/08/10 09:07, Joe O'Dell wrote: > >> Because top posting all the time results in people LEAVING mailing > >> lists, because they simply can't understand what's going on. And we > >> want to be INCLUSIVE, surely? > > > > No, things like this result in people leaving mailing lists. > > > > I have never left a mailing list because of top posting, because I don't > > actually see a problem with it. > > > > I am off to town, so will leave you to carry on this discussion that > > obviously won't finish for a while. > > > > I'd have to agree, as much as top posting and HTML e-mails etc can be a > bit annoying, I'd say flame wars can put more people off. Saying that > I've seen flame wars on forums as well as mailing lists, I guess > sometimes you have to be a bit thick skinned and maybe count to 10 > before replying (although I'd be the first to admit I've had a couple of > flame wars online in my time). > > I'm not sure if maybe posting a link to the mailing list guidelines > every so often would help? > > As it happens too, I have a Nokia e63 phone which I tend to use for > e-mails. Whenever I reply to an e-mail it defaults to top posting (but > it does let me scroll down to the bottom of the e-mail) and I understand > it sends the e-mail in some strange encoding, or at least that is what > one of the guys on my local LUG mailing list told me. Now I try and use > Mutt instead (ssh'ing to my server and running it from there). > > Can't comment on the Android phones as I've never used one (although I > was looking at getting one next year when I upgrade my phone). > > Rob > >
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