[TriLUG] Anyone up for a question?

Dave Sorenson dave at logicalgeek.com
Thu Nov 29 12:36:51 EST 2007


Sorry to stir the pot, but I prefer top posting as I don't have to wade 
down through everything I've already read to get to the new stuff. If I 
do need to read back all is still below... different perspective...

Dave

Kevin Hunter wrote:
> At 9:47a -0500 on 29 Nov 2007, James Tuttle wrote:
>   
>>> (4) start new threads by creating a new message to trilug at trilug.org. 
>>> Mr. Brown seems to be hitting Reply on existing threads, and then just 
>>> changing the subject header.  It's not the same thing and does horrible 
>>> things to threaded views. The archives for this week are thus also a mess.
>>>       
>> Yes.  Incredibly annoying.  I wish I could teach some people I work with
>> how to use email.
>>     
>
> Complete with responding just to the pertinent part of an email.  On a
> list with more than a few people, it's courteous to spend a few seconds
> of your time to save a few seconds of everyone else's time.  Same
> thought process for bottom-posting and not top-posting (with a few
> exceptions), but that's a "discussion" that will be had until the cows
> come home.
>
> Kevin
>   



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