On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:18:03 -0500, PMilanese@xxxxxxxx <PMilanese@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > A: Top posting? Stop? It's been the standard ethical way of responding for > as long as I can remember. > > B: Yes, most of us do not like html email. Mailing lists generally ask > what your preference is (plaintext or html). Most email clients can do the > conversion as well. > > Please leave your preferences and other gripes out of the list. Most of us > don't like that. > > Stop top-posting. Many of us would appreciate it if you did not send > > HTML-formatted emails, as well (I can't stand the blue!). (I know I should stay out of this, but I can never resist a good etiquette flame-war.) Actually, there is a quit a specific set of best-practices that are commonly accepted on public technical mailing lists. They include posting in plain text, bottom-posting, and properly trimming quotes (which neither of you did). At least some of these are specifically discussed on the mailing list's home page: http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html I believe it is perfectly acceptable, and sometimes desirable, to point out breaches of this etiquette as part of a reply, as long as it is done in a polite and friendly manner. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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