On Sunday 07 March 2004 06:07, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
On Sunday 07 March 2004 06:47 am, Hartmut Meyer wrote:
Hi,
I haven't been following any of the top post vs. correct post arguments. But since it has been so blatantly addressed, I will add my observations on the matter.
I typically just jump over messages of this type on this list (way OT), but for some reason your message jumped out at me this morning and I read it. I felt that I also must comment. Let me say up front that I tend to like following the bottom-posting philosophy, however depending upon where I am communicating or with whom, I might top post at times.
1) Traditional Internet etiquette is that, under normal circumstances, the new content of an e-mail message follows the quoted content.
I agree that "Traditional Internet etiquette" should be considered here, however we must remember that sometimes traditions must change, given a good reason.
2) That's the way we do it here. To come to a mailing list and disregard the established norms is rude.
Yes, it is rude to disregard the norms for a group that you wish to join. There is no doubt about that. However, there is nothing wrong with attempting to change norms if you have good reasons.
3) Top-posting is an extremely Microsoftish form of behavior.
Here I disagree. I tried this in KMail and in Pine and both by default set me up to top post a reply. Therefore you can't say that it is Microsoftish behavior. The authors of OSS are also bucking tradition and changing the norm by default. Most users, when replying to a message, simply start typing where the cursor gets set and if their mail program sets them up for top posting, that is what they will do. It doesn't matter if the program is OutLook, OutLook Express, Pine, or KMail. It would be interesting to see how more programs handle this, but I don't have time to deal with that this AM, I simply used the two that I use with some regularity and had configured.
Greetings from Bremen hartmut
STH
Now, just to make sure there is something at the bottom as well. I don't want to be accused of ONLY in-line posting :-) -- Kelly L. Fulks Home Account near Huntsville, AL