My question is, how to avoid message recycling on gmail? or for a newbie what (not) to do to not recycle?
Why bottom posting? My reasoning; some years ago google search for "linux" returned with mailing lists archives. reading the replies helped me a lot, if the mailing list etiquettes were followed on list it became easier to understand the progression of a problem from identification to the solution. even with outputs pasted in posts.
This is not the case today and search strings land me up to some forum where quoting is automatically arranged.
Why top posting is a problem? in case of newbie search string like "Installing internet with click9online mahim mumbai on linux" :-) searcher might land up in a confused system of posting and be more confused. I hope this thread will help us discuss everything about etiquettes here
Note: for few times, unaware of the meaning, I top posted. I rarely post anyways, but now I always take effort to bottom post
Mailing list guidelines: http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/pages/show/6
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:52 AM, Revant Nandgaonkar revant.one@gmail.com wrote:
My question is, how to avoid message recycling on gmail?
Click on "Compose Mail" located at the top left quadrant of the browser page [1]. Compose your posting, enter mail id of mailing list, review your post and click on the "Send" button.
or for a newbie what (not) to do to not recycle?
See above - It is also called hijacking a thread. Most members may tend to to ignore such messages. If OP does not have the time to compose a new message for his/her query why should anyone else give them any time? [1] caveat it requires a little effort to scroll to the top of the page and move your mouse pointer to click on it.
-- Arun Khan
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Arun Khan knura9@gmail.com wrote:
caveat it requires a little effort to scroll to the top of the page and move your mouse pointer to click on it.
I just clicked reply button at the end of email message on gmail to post a reply to this message. is it okay? I'm not editing the subject, I just delete the unnecessary text and reply, is this method of posting fine to maintain consistency? Its effortless in a way, so I'm double checking :-)
Revant
On Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:55:33 am Revant Nandgaonkar wrote:
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Arun Khan knura9@gmail.com wrote:
caveat it requires a little effort to scroll to the top of the page and move your mouse pointer to click on it.
I just clicked reply button at the end of email message on gmail to post a reply to this message. is it okay? I'm not editing the subject, I just delete the unnecessary text and reply, is this method of posting fine to maintain consistency? Its effortless in a way, so I'm double checking :-)
you are doing just fine
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