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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Email ettiquette (was RE: windows won't detect my ipod)Re: Email ettiquette (was RE: windows won't detect my ipod)
From: Tyler Wood <tcwood12_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:04:46 -0600 Have a good day - Tyler Wood --- Tyler Wood skype: the_conman283 msn/windows messinger: the_conman283_at_hotmail.com e-mail: tcwood12_at_shaw.ca best tv guide on the internet: http://www.zap2it.com best internet radio: http://www.bluebeat.com soon to have a live journal! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Caron" <matt_at_mattcaron.net> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 11:29 PM Subject: Re: Email ettiquette (was RE: windows won't detect my ipod) >> it the 'classical' way. ;) I find top-posted replies easier to read, it's >> quicker, for me anyway, to view an entire conversation just based on >> jumping >> to each email received in chronological order with the same topic. > > Then how do you know what someone is responding to? My problem with > any-type of non-inline responding is that it lacks precision. For > example, you know that I am specifically responding to what you said > quoted above. > >> at least, there's no appreciable downsides to doing it, because you do >> have >> the original message below the reply for clarity or context should you >> wish >> to read it > > Which is even more confusing than when someone replies inline. > >> It's the classic 'old skool vs. nu skool' debate once again - I guess I'm >> in >> the nu skool camp of email users insofar as method in which I write my >> replies :) > > Or, conversely, you're in the old-old-school. You might as well be > writing letters, no? :-) > >> Thoughts? Obvious pros/cons for top/bottom posting? > > In-lining (including bottom posting, which is basically an in-line reply > with only one thing needing a reply) gives context and removes confusion. > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > PGP Key: http://www.mattcaron.net/pgp_key.txt > ~~ Matt Caron ~~ > Not when you've got >>>>>>>> signs to contend with. Is there a way to delete these with jaws or some such program? It can get *very* teedious at times.Received on 2007-03-03 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |