Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!
On (05/10/04 12:52), Nate Duehr wrote:
> Rodney Richison wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >>Top posting leads to a big mess. Every non-technical person does it
> >>and it ends up with them saying "let's use a forum or something"
> >>because they can't follow the thread any longer. Surprise surprise, a
> >>forum works with bottom posting and everybody seems to find that
> >>normal.
> >>
> >>
> >I run a list for techs/consultants. (ChannelVar.com)
> >They are a VERY qualified bunch of guys. (Admittedly not linux users
> >though) :)
> >The preferred method is top posting.
> >The preferred format is to allow html.
> >
> >
> Consultants always do things the hard way. It results in more billable
> hours.
>
> Let's see them read a newspaper that's been printed "top-posted". It's
> retarded.
>
> HTML in e-mail.... well, that's a completely different flamefest, but
> suffice it to say it's rare that HTML formatting can add any information
> to the message being conveyed. There are exceptions, but for 99% of
> e-mail, it's not necessary.
>
> Just like most consultants.
Ouch !
;-)
Regards
Clive
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