On Apr 30, 2004 at 00:20, M. Fioretti in a soothing rage wrote: >On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 17:44:00 PM -0400, ne... (akabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > >> >A link to Netiquette (trim your lines, proper sigs, and bottom-post) >> >at the *top* of the message??? >> Considering the amount of top-posters on this list, it might >> be the only way to get them to change. > >Sorry, no. The only way to get them to change is to *not* answer to >them, ever, except with polite but firm requests to stop. I need to learn to insert smileys more often. >>I suspect that since they top-post, they only read the top part of >>mail... > >That's their problem. Why do you suggest to bore people who behave to >teach the others better manners? > >Just to make things clear: sending again screenfuls of already >distributed/downloaded/paid lines is much worse than posting on the >bottom, on the top, laterally, or any combination of them. I agree with this 110%. >Top posting is just one of the many things to avoid. To me, however, >asking to stop top posting by...top posting seems annoying for no >reason those who don't do it, but also one of the surest ways to make >people laugh at who does it. I left out the (-: I need to use them more... >Of course, you are free to try that approach. Just don't be surprised >if you are flamed to death (for top posting!) by all the other list >members. No thanks. I have long since learnt that it is hard for ppl to change their ways. Some are so obstinate, nothing will make them change... N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds. -- Homer 16:59:21 up 41 days, 5:31, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00
