Re: [Xen-users] Proposal for a xen-users(/devel?) netiquette

[James Gallagher <james.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20 Sep 2006, at 6:17 PM, Tom Z. Napierala wrote:

> On Wednesday 20 September 2006 09:35, Tim Post wrote:
> > I think all of us are happy to sort through either top or bottom
> > quoting, or full quotes provided there is something of interest in  
> > the
> > message to begin with. I don't think we need to get *that*  
> > particular as
> > many people just go with whatever their mail client does by default.
> So it's time to change an email client ;)
What a practical solution. It works the rest of the time but we  
should change to suit a mailing list. Yes, I'm sure mutt does things  
better (I'm not picking on you Tom by the way - you just happened to  
bring up something (in a smiling way) that irks me). We live in a  
time of varying email clients that take getting used to and we should  
try to smile and deal with situations as they present themselves,  
IMHO. I know Mail.app doesn't wrap lines nicely for example.
> > Many lists fall under criticism for being snobbish about rather  
> > mundane
> > things when in fact its only a few extra bytes in a message to scroll
> > past, and shouldn't trigger any resentment in someone who is  
> > inclined to
> > be helpful to begin with :)
> Top-posting is bad, and there is no doubt about it. Why? We, IT  
> people rely on
> logic, we are also rather busy. There is no logic in top-posting,  
> and let me
> show you small example:
> A: Because it fscks up the flow of conversation!
> Q: Why is top-posting so bad?
> A: Top-posting!
> Q: What's the most annoying thing on email lists?
>
> What you have to do, is to scroll down the conversation, and try to  
> recover
> the flow (some people would post correctly while some not. Complete  
> mess)
After working in a call centre I'm used to flows of conversation from  
all angles so all I ask is that people follow the existing flow. So,  
if you are the first response then bottom post (as is logical)  
otherwise go with what's already there.
James

P.S. As for humour on the list, can I call you a langer Tom?

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