[Asterisk-Users] Re: Top posting

[Julio Tejera]

I don't know what is the benefit of
this "war of flames" ... :o(

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Ing. Julio Alvarez Tejera
Unix Trends
*BSD, Solaris & Linux
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"extremely stable systems"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Junker" <gregory.junker at dayark.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Top posting


> If I want to address individual points in turn I happily trim and
> inline. To say that "top posting is unprofessional" is simply a
> meaningless blanket statement; in your opinion it may be, but I doubt
> it's your main criteria for assessing whether you want to do business
> with someone or not.
>
> Greg
>
> Tracy R Reed wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 09:50:28AM -0700, Paul Fielding spake thusly:
> >
> >>Whatever.  I find it frankly more annoying to have people bottom post.
I
> >>use Outlook Express for my mail (as do millions of others), and the way
OE
> >>formats it's mail lends itself to top posting.    When you bottom post,
I
> >>need to scroll way down the message to see your response, while when you
> >
> >
> > Unfortunately, MS has once again shot us all in the foot with their
broken
> > standards. I do realize that MS is to blame for most of the top posting
> > that goes on because that is how they set up their email program. Also
> > note that because of prudent quote trimming you only had to look down
> > three lines from the top of the body of the email to see my comment so I
> > am sure that my message showed up in the first page and you did not have
> > to scroll at all.
> >
> >
> >>Professional?  That's a matter of opinion, I don't think it's any less
> >>professional to top post, it's purely a question of what's convenient
for
> >>different readers.
> >
> >
> > If you are trying to sell me your product and you want to look good you
> > should bottom post and trim.
> >
> >
> >
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