On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, John Burton wrote: > *Requiring* people to "trim" and "bottom-post" before you respond to > them is a bit like *requiring* them to get a sheet of parchment and > India ink and write it out long hand. You can do it if you want, but > you risk being viewed as intolerant and focused on "form" over > "content". i see. so requiring people to take the time to be courteous and efficient in their communication before you *volunteer* your non-paid time to help them out of the goodness of your heart is "intolerant"? don't tell me, let me guess. you're a republican. > And before you get out your flame throwers and flame me as a newbie, > I've been dealing with e-mail, mailing lists and newsgroups since > before USENET & ARPA.NET were developed, back in the bbs & uucp > days... and in all that time, you've apparently learned nothing. damned shame, that. rday
