On 31 March 2010 01:12, Andrew Garrett agarrett@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, The easiest way to deal with such issues is use a decent mail client. I use Gmail and it ensures that all the threads are together and in order. It hides all the copies of old replies and given the copious amount of storage it is no problem that all the crap is still there.
When you argue that this is not best practice, my question to you is, when has your best practice been re-evaluated for the last time.. Does it consider the improved functionality that is there for you to have ?
We don't all use gmail. And if you're relying on people's mail clients hiding the original text, why don't you just remove it so that it goes away for everyone?
Indeed, posting on a mailinglist is all about respect for the other clients. And boosting your own client as superior and thus not needing to bother with etiquette seems a bit... ignorant or arrogant. I can understand people not being aware of the problem, but ignoring it? That's worse to me.
I use gmail, and treat my recipents all equal; none of them get topposts, as it distrubs the way you read things.
A: Because it ruins the way people read. Q: Why is topposting bad?