style of emailing in the list

[Max Andersen]

R.L. Reingard wrote:

>
> Hello all subscribers to the list
>
> we had a topic some month ago, which was dealing with the fact, that 
> it is  faster to follow up with a topic, if you write answers (at 
> least as much  as possible) on the top of your reply. in this way our 
> eyes can catch the  answer (or new subject) first, and if necessary we 
> see for more  information by scrolling down the email text (which also 
> shuold be snipped  to a helpful length).


If someone top posts, it's because it's send directly to the recipient.

Nobody toppost on mailinglists.  Other people reading answers before 
questions get annoyed:

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A: no, but $ sudo vi /etc/hosts does.....

 >Q: but it doesn't work in ubuntu : $ vi/etc/hosts

 >>A: in /etc/hosts

 >>>Q: Where do I put ip-adresses and names to resolve, when I don't 
administer a dns-server



Sincerely
Max Andersen
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