Around 11:26pm on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 (UK time), Christofer C. Bell scrawled: > Come to think of it, I doubt the folks who missed it the first go > around are going to get it this time, either. To speak plainly: I am glad, because I didn't get your point until you wrote this third email. > regardless of one's taste in MUA, one should not be using an MUA that > makes it difficult to read one's email without enforcing one's > personal views on posting etiquette on others. > > If your MUA requires you to tell others to not quote, to not top-post, > to do anything other than post whatever they like, in order to read > your email comfortably, then you are using the wrong MUA. If the > formatting of other people's messages cause you frustration, > helplessness, or anger, then you are using the wrong MUA. If these > feelings of frustration, helplessness, or anger rise to the point that > you need to post about it and kick off long and useless threads over > the merits of various "posting styles," then you're using the wrong > MUA. Presumably it was my use of the wrong MUA that stopped me from understanding what you were saying until you sent this email. However I will continue to use mutt, and cope with the frustrations of those who ignore mailinglist guidelines the way I try to cope with rude or ignorant people in any walk of life. I may try to gently inform ignorant people, but will usually ignore rudeness, though I may feel slightly less inclined to help them out. Steve -- Play Champions - my free football predictions game at: http://www.stevesearle.com/champs/about.html 23:44:24 up 18 days, 11:55, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.04, 0.01
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