On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 10:49 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Steve Lindemann <steve@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ric Moore wrote: > > > > > Top posting is universally despised among Linux and Usenet users for > > > years and doing so is the mark of a newbie user who comes from a > > > Windows-centric background, where such things are condoned like having > > > drive letters instead of names. > > > > > > > I've been trying to explain to one of my windoze centric co-workers why top > > posting is not appropriate and couldn't find the right words. Thank you! > > List ettiquete has always been a contentious issue, right from the beginning > > when we etched our missives using rock tablets (I vaguely remember it 8^) > > but I've always read from left to right and top to bottom and it's hard, for > > me anyway, to go at it backwards. > > > For whatever reason, outlook users seem handicapped This is probably where you should have ended your post, Arthur. :-) > when it comes to > bottom posting. I have bottom posted a few times in replies to them > and they have simply not seen the message > > > -- > Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine > ( www.pembo13.com ) > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
