bagder: curl-www/mail _etiquette.html,1.9,1.10
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.web.curl.www.cvs |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Update of /cvsroot/curl/curl-www/mail In directory labb:/tmp/cvs-serv15256 Modified Files: _etiquette.html Log Message: mention that we don't like top-posting Index: _etiquette.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/curl/curl-www/mail/_etiquette.html,v retrieving revision 1.9 retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -d -r1.9 -r1.10 --- _etiquette.html 14 Dec 2005 22:47:58 -0000 1.9 +++ _etiquette.html 13 Jul 2007 11:41:19 -0000 1.10 @@ -73,6 +73,27 @@ contents of your mail. It makes it a lot easier to find your mail afterwards and it makes it easier to track mail threads and topics. +<a name="top-post"></a> +<p> + SUBTITLE(Do Not Top-Post) +<p> + If you reply to a message, don't use top-posting. Top-posting is + when you write the new text at the top of a mail and you insert + the previous quoted mail conversation below. +<p> + This is why top posting is so bad: +<pre> + A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read + text. + Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? + A: Top-posting. + Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? +</pre> +<p> + Apart from the screwed up read order (especially when mixed together in a + thread when some responds doing the mandaded bottom-posting style), it also + makes it impossible to quote only parts of the original mail. + <a name="html"></a> <p> SUBTITLE(HTML is not for mails)