Re: Replying to list

[Rick Reynolds <rick@rickandviv.net>]

> There is nothing wrong with telling people that their <insert broken
> software package here> is [broken|not-standards-compliant|...] but the
> reality is that we can only do that gently as a way to begin educating
> others. Case in point: my sister uses hotmail and insists on
> top-posting. I pointed out once how this didn't work so well,
> demonstrated how to snip and intersperse responses and explained that
> it was more "courteous" to do things the "right" way. So, now she
> tries, and fails miserably, but she at least has an idea of it and
> over time she'll likely come around. Meanwhile, I suffer through
> silently knowing that someday she'll get it. 

I feel your pain on the top/bottom-posting issue.  I believe in doing 
things "the right way" but I find myself being completely alone in that 
regard when in a corporate setting.  EVERYONE top posts when it comes to 
corporate emails (at least the ones I see) and when/if I attempt to 
bottom post it is so jarring that it causes more problems.  So I end up 
top-posting when responding to colleagues (with my eye slightly 
twitching as I do it) and bottom-posting when responding to friends (and 
techie lists, I suppose).

And I work at a high-tech company!  Oh well...

Thanks,
Rick Reynolds
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