On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 07:15:53AM -0700, Shaffer Paul wrote: > It appears to me, someone (or some subset of the group) is attempting >to "establish" a custom. This friction has cropped up quite frequently >here. Evidently there is some significant dissent on the topic, so >I personally view claim to right or wrong with strong skepticism, >adhereing to the "each his own" philosophy. RedHat hosts 83 mail lists and they all pretty much follow the bottom posting practice. But, according to "Shaffer Paul", (In an amazing display of ignorance and failure to check things out before preaching "The TRUTH"): 20 years of previous Internet history, established practices and this IETF Engineering Document don't exist: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html (Last version 1995) Abstract This document provides a minimum set of guidelines for Network Etiquette (Netiquette) which organizations may take and adapt for their own use. As such, it is deliberately written in a bulleted format to make adaptation easier and to make any particular item easy (or easier) to find. It also functions as a minimum set of guidelines for individuals, both users and administrators. This memo is the product of the Responsible Use of the Network (RUN) Working Group of the IETF. See Section 3.0 "One-to-Many Communication" which describes when to use "bottom-posting" which is more accurately described as "interleaved and trimmed posting" Does "Shaffer Paul" have his own version of which side of the road to drive on as well? -- Linux/Open Source. Your base belongs to you, free, forever. Idealism: "Realism applied over a longer time period" http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/ <a href=http://kinz.org>http://kinz.org</a> <a href=http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2763> http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2763</a> Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. ~ ~ ~ ~
