28 Sep
2010
28 Sep
'10
11:32 p.m.
All of us who use the mailing list have either come accross the nuisance
of top-posting, or have been *scolded* by others on the list for
top-posting and other non-compliance of email etiquettes. But I guess it
is better we understand/explain WHY we need to follow these guidelines.
I recently read a series of blog posts [0] Aaron Toponce on whats and
whys of email etiquettes. Hope it will help everyone understand this
issue better.
[0] http://pthree.org/2010/09/18/email-netiquette-part-1/
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29 Sep
29 Sep
10:19 a.m.
2010/9/28 Nitesh Mistry <mailbox(a)mistrynitesh.net>et>:
All of us who use the mailing list have either come
accross the nuisance
of top-posting, or have been *scolded* by others on the list for
top-posting and other non-compliance of email etiquettes. But I guess it
is better we understand/explain WHY we need to follow these guidelines.
I follow up on the mails from the mailing list once every 4/5 days. If
top posting becomes a norm, it would be a pain to first scroll down to
the bottom of the mail and then scroll up to catch the thread. I
prefer reading books, newspaper, websites and emails from top to
bottom.
Anurag
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5:06 p.m.
On Tuesday 28 September 2010 23:32:30 Nitesh Mistry wrote:
All of us who use the mailing list have either come
accross the
nuisance of top-posting, or have been *scolded* by others on the
list for top-posting and other non-compliance of email etiquettes.
But I guess it is better we understand/explain WHY we need to
follow these guidelines.
Admins can the welcome email to new members include
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List_Etiquette
I recently read a series of blog posts [0] Aaron Toponce on whats
and whys of email etiquettes. Hope it will help everyone understand
this issue better.
Bottom posting is as daft as top posting. Now you have to read all the
irrelevant stuff at the top to understand what the reply was about.
When on a mailing list interleaving and trimming is necessary.
Remember that all the junk you dont trim chews up bandwidth of each
individual recipient.
While on the topic of mail servers, imagine the waste merely because
users are too stupid or lazy to figure out what is good for them.
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