[Bell Historians] Re: Netiquette

[John Harrison]

(Deliberately top posted, for reasons that should be obvious.)

It isn't just above or belown that matters, but cutting out what isn't
needed as well.

Bottom posting a 2 word reply beneath 250+ words of quoted message (not
needed to understand the reply) is not good netiquette.

Regards
John
(ps - when I tried to send this, I got a warning that I had excessive
quoting for a mail list.  But then I suspect most people don't have such a
helpful mail client :-( )

In article <993075C86CCA49A588A8E48E544B1400 at Peters>,
   Peter Trent <peter.trent at XEPNEEWDK_KWQrUmp1KTiiC78yja4-ksLO3AFJRZNbXKa1VyBrIeI7SDfzPglZix1pfZ3REeEzXGLs2TlsMjs-VmQ4lG.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
>
>   --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Peter Trent" <peter.trent at ...>
>   wrote:
>   >
>   > Perhaps there are others like me , (yes even in this day and age)
>   > who are not sufficiently netliterate to understand the meaning of
>   > the term "top posting" but unlike me are afraid to ask for an
>   > explanation... please!

>   "Top posting" is the writing your own reply to a message above that
>   text which is being quoted. (Usually via simply "replying" to a
>   message your have received). "Bottom posting" is the writing of your
>   message beneath that part which you are quoting.

>   Top posting is not a great problem if there is only one reply to one
>   short email. It gets very messy if there are several replies to one
>   message and/or that message is a long one.

>   It gets bleedin' annoying if someone adds a one line reply to a long
>   message in a light vein and that gets replied to by someone else in a
>   similar style, adding one line to the top of that! ;-)

>   It is easier to read, particularly for digest subscribers*, if you
>   bottom post and also crop the message that you are replying to so that
>   only the pertinent points are shown on your own message.

>   The basic idea about "netiquette" is just to please have a look at
>   what is in the message box before hitting "Send" and spend a couple of
>   seconds checking that it is not a bit too wordy!

>   Mike

>   Thankyou

>   PJT


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John Harrison
Website http://jaharrison.me.uk

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