On 01/06/2011 10:31 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 09:17 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> I guess I am required to add the admonition of not to top post. > Giving the OP the benefit of the doubt (as a non-native English speaker) > he may not understand what is meant by top-posting. > how could the OP (Original Poster) top post? His is the only input at that point, top and bottom. And he is a native English speaker. I think you meant the first responder, not OP? rkw > Top-posting means replying to a quoted message *above* the quoted > material instead of below it (or in some cases intermixed with it). It > leads to a confusing mishmash of quotes replying to quotes, especially > with long threads. People are free to do what they want in private > conversations, and the corporate email culture in some companies > encourages top-posting (plus some broken email clients such as > Blackberries make it very difficult to avoid), but on Internet mailing > lists it's widely frowned on, and this list explicitly discourages it in > the Guidelines quoted in every single message posted to the list > (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines) so please don't > do it. > > poc > -- Roger Wells, P.E. SAIC 221 Third St Newport, RI 02840 401-847-4210 (voice) 401-849-1585 (fax) roger.k.wells@xxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
