On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:41 AM, MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote:
>Hello --
>Some of the people posting to this mailing
list don't seem to understand
how
to write a decent, readable reply to a mailing list thread.
Yes, but the opinion on what makes a readable reply may differ from person
to person.
>This makes for far more noise than signal,
True
>as people
wade through six copies of the
foundation-l footer
Footers should of course be kept brief and to the point, else they become
irritating.. Our current footer can probably be reduced to 1 or 2 lines.
or eight old
and irrelevant replies trying to find the
content of the reply to the previous
message.
Good practice imho is to leave only the previous text, but delete all text
before
the previous message.
This is easiest when people use top-line posting. But I must confess that I
have not always done that in the past.
>The
Toolserver wiki has a fantastic page that explains how to reply to a
mailing list thread the Right Way.[1] If you
suspect you've been Doing It
Wrong, please have a read.
See my
reply further down.
>Thanks!
>MZMcBride
Thank you for providing the
link. I think this policy must be discussed, as
many people will prefer top-line posting, as shown by its popularity on this
mailing list.. Inline posting, as demonstrated by this reply, may well
obscure the orginal message.