Top-posting, HTML-formatted mail, flaming, shouting and so on, was Re: KUBUNTU

[Clay Weber]

On Sun May 13 2007 7:45:37 pm Derek Broughton wrote:
> Clay Weber wrote:
> > Is where/how you post really all that important? Is it really that hard
> > to figure out in many cases?
>
> Heavens no.  But if you top-post, most of us will just ignore you.
>
> > If I were to bottom post in many mailing lists where "average joes" post,
> > my comments would never be seen.
>
> Just because top-posting isn't the answer, doesn't mean that bottom posting
> is.  I've managed to quote the salient points here, not top-post, and still
> get it all in in a dozen lines.
> --
> derek

So why can't the correct guidelines be asked for in a much friendlier manner? 
http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists/etiquette has all the 
conventions spelled out in a good fashion.

I often find all the the admonitions to be as annoying as the offending posts.

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