[wplug] can we please agree on bottom posting?

Ben Beige dariuscardren at gmail.com
Sat Dec 17 12:47:52 EST 2005


On thing I know is since I use gmail, the quoted text is actaully
hidden so i only read teh new messages, w/ little thought to where the
post was...



On 12/17/05, Gentgeen <gentgeen at linuxmail.org> wrote:
> That accually made me laugh out when I read it (not sure if you ment the
> humor or not Ed!?) --
>
> Anyway, Personally I prefer bottom posting when I am looking at
> archieves, for obvious reasons.  But as you can see I am a top poster.
> I spend SOO much time in email (I am a Teacher for an Online school)
> that the top is just faster, and lets me get on with my work.  I know I
> can't have it both ways, but just my $0.02
>
> Really, assuming you have formated your post well (short paragraphs with
> line breaks, caps used correctly, lines wraped, etc) I think any human
> mind can adjust.  I know when I am looking through archives and I see
> a top posting thread, I just tend to find the one that has all the
> replies, then scroll to the bottom and just read it bottom-up.
>
> Kevin
>
> On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:07:02 -0500
> Ray Connolly <rconnolly at psp-hrd.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ed Stewart [mailto:edstewart1 at verizon.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:34 PM
> > To: General user list
> > Subject: Re: [wplug] can we please agree on bottom posting?
> >
> >
> > Bottom posting is fine with me, The group should decide and then make
> > whatever mandatory so everybody does the same..
> >
> >
> > Ryan Moszynski wrote:
> >
> > >i like to read this list to keep up with my fellow pittsburgh linux
> > >peeps.  I get the batch digest.  I never read the whole list but just
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> >
> > did anyone else notice the irony in Ed Stewart's reply?
> >
> > Ray
>
>
>
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