[NTLUG:Discuss] list etiquette

[Paul Ingendorf]

I would like to try and add some light to the "netiquette" of email.  Most
people take it for granted that all e-mail top posted, newsgroups are bottom
posted.  It's just the standard most are accustomed to.  I personally don't
feel that as a discussion list any of this list should be archived at all.
I'm sure is the only reason for the bottom posting request as it makes it
easier to read from top to bottom following the series of events.

Just my 2 cents on the top/bottom issue.  As for the MIX posts sometimes it
is prudent to post in such a manner.  It is very subjective and as such I
wouldn't worry to much about people who use this method to it's limits.  I
personally find it annoying but there are so many other pressing issues in
life right now that this one seems rather petty.

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
Behalf Of Richard Geoffrion
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:32 AM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] list etiquitte


<rant>
yup...I just checked the ntlug.org website for posting guidelines....so it's
not just me..

See...I've come to accept that some people are going to top post while
other's will bottom post.  This seems to create a MIX post, as it were.
But  I'm somewhat tolerant of that....but geez people!  If you're gonna MIX
post, do you HAVE to re-quote the entire 'mixed' thread in each and every
message?

Some of these threads recently (lightning, lightening, and cheapy computers)
have been VERY active and VERY overquoted.

At the risk of creating waves...let me invite everyone to  <snip> out the
redundant text.  We KNOW what the topic is about!

</rant>

oh...and if you'd like, you could all bottom quote! :)

For those using/forced to use MSOE for email, you can download Quotefix
(http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/) to solve most all your
posting netiquette needs.

--
Richard


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