<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><blockquote type="cite"><div>Has anybody ever told you that it's worse to top post and (by saying<br>"sorry" IN THE SAME POST reveal that you are aware that people will be<br>upset (yet you do it!)) than to simply be unaware (as many people are)<br>of how irritating top posting can be.</div></blockquote><div><br></div>Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, <b>WHOA!</b><div><br></div><div>Ease Up - I know some people stick to the mailing list etiquette, but sometimes it's not always possible. I try to where I can, but I don't expect to get a mouthful if I don't have time to etc.</div><div><br></div><div>Personally, I don't always see the direct need to post underneath quoted text, as it's not always relevant, and can also be a hinderance when reading the email, but I follow most of it anyway.</div><div><br></div><div>And who is going to get <u>upset</u>? I don't think there is a normal reason to cry over a mailing list, even if it was for a mistake.</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Meanwhile, the folks on "daily digest" are going to be *so* thrilled<br>to keep being confused and are going to be *so* grateful to you (not)<br>that you've "apologised" (though repeated "P.S. Sorry"s do tend to<br>sound a bit like a piss take, to be honest so they may not see it as<br>that).</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Yes, I can understand that it's not in line with how you *should* post on mailing lists, but just a kind reminded <b>privately</b> via email would have sufficed.</div><div><br></div><div>For reference, for anyone that is actually bothered by mailing list etiquette, here is the Ubuntu Mailing List Guidelines: <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists">http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists</a></div><div><br></div><div>Peace out.</div><div><br></div><div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; 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-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">-------------------------------------------------------<br>Joe O'Dell</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">GreenerClassrooms Project Co-Ordinator<br><a href="http://www.greenerclassrooms.org.uk">http://www.greenerclassrooms.org.uk</a></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Fedora Ambassador & Contributor (FreeMedia)</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ascenseur">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ascenseur</a><br><div><br></div><div>bedsLUG Co-Ordinator<br>beds.lug.org.uk<br><br></div><div>DFEY Member (SouthEast)<br>dfey.org<br></div><div><br><br></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span> </div> <br><div><div>On 7 Aug 2010, at 08:05, Sean Miller wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 7 August 2010 07:49, Neil Greenwood <<a href="mailto:neil.greenwood.lug@gmail.com">neil.greenwood.lug@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">P.S. Sorry for the top post.<br></blockquote><br><br><br>If you have time to say "P.S. Sorry for the top post." then you<br>presumably have time to cut & paste the relevant text above, and<br>remove the remainder of the quoted text?  I mean, what does it take??<br>10 seconds??<br><br><br><br>Sean<br><br>-- <br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<br>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>