Note that I not only top posted, I didn't trim anything. Now do you understand that it's entirely out of your control? Regards, Bob... -------------------------------------------- "Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?" -Martin Luther ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis Nature Photography" <JBDavis@hkg.odn.ne.jp> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: 03 November, 2003 4:24 PM Subject: Re: top posting > Bob Blakely <Bob@Blakely.com> wrote/replied to: > > >Trying to control other folks is always a loosing proposition. For > >the most part, when all is said and done, they will simply ignore you or > >perhaps rebel in some manner and this will only irk and frustrate you. Then > >you'll find yourself resorting to all sorts of ineffectual control methods, > >such as shaming the poor object of your ire. The only thing you can control > >is yourself, so sit back, relax and listen to "Get Over It" - Eagles. > > Bob, you're not reading what we're saying. Many, not all, but many top > posters leave hundreds of lines of garbage below their message. If all > top posters trimmed their messages there would be no problem. But if > you're top posting and finished your email, it's just too easy to > click the send button without doing anything at all with the crap > below. > > I've seen plenty of one liner top posted messages with hundreds of > lines below it. And I've been around since before the internet was > dreamed about too. I've always bottom quoted. > > You may be correct in that many will ignore any helpful hints on > posting, but let Anarchy reign and you will soon be wading through a > sea of one lined top posted huge messages. Yahoo and many other groups > are perfect examples. I hate those groups. All the really worthwhile > groups I'm on insist on plain text and bottom posting. > > >
