----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Truter" <andre.truter@gmail.com> To: <opensuse@opensuse.org> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:28 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Question about posting On 8/13/05, Michael Honeyfield <mhoneyfield@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
Don't blame the user. In some case a user might be posting from Outlook or some other Win32 application that does not do bottom posting correctly. Also, a user may not have a choice in the app being used, like some work enviroments.
No, I am blaming the user. People are just lazy and inconsiderate. It is not that much effort to just move your cursor to the end of the part you are replying to. Then use the mouse (all broken email clients are GUI) to highlight the irrelevant stuff and hit the 'DEL' button. I have not seen an email client that forces you to top-post. They all allow you to enter text inside the message. (Except if you have set the stupid thing up to attach old contents of replied mail in an attachment, but that can be changed) I use gmail here and it is also set up to top-post, but I know how to use my mouse and arrow keys on my keyboard. :-) -- Andre Truter | Software Engineer | Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 | AIM: trusoftzaf | http://www.trusoft.za.org ~ A dinosaur is a salamander designed to Mil Spec ~ One thing I am very happy I placed the mail subscription on Msn Email since I use this for all emails until I am sure the emails are important then I switch over to my Linux email. As I see it Novell should post as to what they want to be the procedure for posting. This constant bickering is a waste of bandwidth since half the emails from this list are about posting. I belong to a lot of forum email subscriptions and they post both ways according to what the moderator sets up, not to what each individual prefers. Yes, sometimes I prefer bottom posting and sometimes I prefer top posting, but to bottom post on a subject like this that is being repeated so many times is a waste as I hate to have to scroll when I know what everyone is talking about. It is totally inane to be arguing about things like how SuSE is typed as who cares as long as the reader knows what is being talked about. If someone feels hurt that someone types SUSE or Suse so be it but I for one do not look at pity typing as a subject to be in a email forum. Misspelling yes as a lot of words misspelled could mean something else completely but to argue about correct letter capitalization is utterly stupid. Another thing to look at is a lot of individuals are not adept to the English language so they do misspell or arrange sentencing differently but they are SuSE users so just adjust. I would like this to be a TOP forum about Open SuSE not a bunch of arguments pertaining to correct posting or capital lettering. If you do not like the way a person posts delete their email "But word of caution you may miss a important post" because you do not like top or bottom posting. Regards, George Greenarrow1 InNetInvestigations-Forensics.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org