Re: [libreoffice-users] top-posting

Please take me off your lists!!! 



Phil Woodruff - philandaw@comcast.net 
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From: "Charles Marcus" <CMarcus@Media-Brokers.com> 
To: users@libreoffice.org 
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 11:30:55 AM 
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] top-posting 

On 2011-02-17 9:18 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: 
> The presence of archives, or people coming in to a discussion that's 
> already underway, is the main reason that mailing lists differ from 
> normal conversational e-mailing where there may well be only two 
> parties, or several people who have all been there since the beginning, 
> where everybody just needs to see the most recent addition to the 
> conversation (or occasionally look deeper into the material for 
> reference) and top posting is the most effective way to keep 
> communications going. 

That makes much more sense on a FORUM... 

But, Barbara, honestly, I guarantee you the vast majority of people who 
participate on mail lists do not go to the archives to read entire 
threads... ever. They come here to post a question and get an answer. 

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Best regards, 

Charles 

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