On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 23:22:10 -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > Please keep in mind that newsgroups and mailing lists have been around > since at least 1989 (the earliest I can remember them) and surely long > before then. Netiquette has evolved the way it has for a reason, > snipperoo) >(here's a basic explanation: > > In one-to-one conversation, you most likely remember the content of the > entire conversation. (snipperee) > > *NONE* of that is true on mailing lists and newsgroups. .... So two > major changes need to be made in the way you post messages in these > one-to-many environments: (snipper-aaa) > > Trim your posts, keep things in chronological order. Two of the most > basic and long-term rules of online communities. (snipperoo) > > Hopefully this short explanation is useful to someone. Very! If you will permit, I at least (whose name for the purpose ought to be legion, and may really be) will forward your whole (unsnipped) to my own machine, put it in a boilerplate file, and pass it around whenever the occasion arises, as it does only too often. That is as fine an exposition of the point about top- vs. bottom-posting as I can recall having read. I'd rather use it verbatim, with your permission, than reword it; I see no need nor room for any change. If I presume aright, you'd likely prefer that your name but not your indicia remain with it, lest some luser forward it to a spammer. OK by you? -- Beartooth Implacable, curmudgeonly codger learning linux Work is for people who can't hunt.
