<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 13/04/10 20:23, Andi Raicu wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:i2t514169ef1004130323gd369638n38da0a43df601270@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Context-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> Hi Steve, <div><br> </div> <div>Yep I'm from Adelaide. I use Ubuntu mostly for servers.</div> <div>Also, how on earth do you use a mailing list? Just reply to <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a>? </div> </blockquote> <br> Yes.  In good mailers like Thunderbird 3, you can use a hotkey, toolbar, or menu option to reply to the list instead of to the original poster.<br> <br> <blockquote cite="mid:i2t514169ef1004130323gd369638n38da0a43df601270@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <div>Top posting = bad?</div> </blockquote> <br> Yes, top posting = bad.  Many people who have used Outlook for most of their email life don't even realise what they are doing.  It is a Some people consider this a religious argument, but there are strong ergonomic and comprehension reasons why it is more than that.<br> <br> Here are some links to read on the subject:<br> <ul> <li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style</a></li> <li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://idallen.com/topposting.html">http://idallen.com/topposting.html</a></li> </ul> <br> Regards,<br> Paul<br> <br> </body> </html>