Re: [libreoffice-users] Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

For long threads, scrolling down to the bottom to read the new stuff is 
a pain.
But if you want to top post, or bottom post, to each his own.


On 09/08/2011 08:13 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Top posting is fine.  Almost everyone top-posts except some people in a few
> OpenSource mailing lists.  If you need to communicate with anyone that works in
> an office then you probably have to top-post otherwise they will probably just
> ignore your email and delete it without reading it.
>
>
> A few old-timers here might have to accept that we are here to help open things
> up for people not  to bully, restrict and make unnecessary demands.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Tanstaafl<tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Thu, 8 September, 2011 12:44:58
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List
> Guidelines Page?
>
> On 2011-09-07 9:29 PM, Don Myers<donmyers@myersfarm.com>  wrote:
> > I will respect your wishes about posting at the bottom.
> It isn't about 'posting at the bottom' - it is about trimming your post
> to only quote the relevant portion of the text you are responding to,
> and placing each response (if you are responding to more than one point)
> after each relevant quoted portion of text - just like this one is done...
>
> > I live in the US. I do a lot of work e-mails in my job, and receive a
> > lot of work e-mails. I never receive any e-mails where people reply
> > to me at the bottom. The reply is always at the top.
> That is *only* because Microsoft decided to make blindly top-posting
> (and quoting the *entire* previous *email*, rather than encouraging
> users to actually *think* about what they are replying to and respond
> intelligently).
>
> > I never understood why Thunderbird had the default to reply at the
> > bottom when Thunderbird came out.
> Now you know.
>
> > It was backwards!!!!!!
> No, it is correct - it is only 'backwards' for those weaned on Outlook.
>
> > So I have always changed the default on every system I've installed
> > it on. Maybe there are different customs in different countries.
> Nothing to do with countries - only to do with laziness vs spending a
> few extra seconds intelligently crafting your responses.


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