[CS-FSLUG] Administrative note: A Christian community is shutting down.
Fred A. Miller
fmiller at lightlink.com
Thu Mar 27 20:28:54 CDT 2008
Frank Bax wrote:
> Fred A. Miller wrote:
>> I'm a co-moderator on several lists and we now mandate bottom
>> posting because top posters created too much grief for everyone else.
>
>
> It's sad to think that a solution found for your other lists should be
> applied to every list you participate in - without any discussion on the
> subject. Some email clients do not allow bottom posting (my BlackBerry
> does not). Soon another "rule" will be imposed that the amount of "new"
> content in an email be more than the "quoted" portion; or that all
> "signatures" be removed before reply. It's my opinion that email is
> perhaps the wrong tool for discussions like those happening on this list
> at the moment. The problem is; no better tool presents itself at the
> moment. I think that as long as we are using the wrong tool for the
> job; we should avoid adding more "rules" in an attempt to fix/hide the
> underlying problem.
It may be the wrong tool. Bottom posting as been the standard on the
Net. for a very long time, and for good reason. I asked it as a
favor.....NOT a demand, and stated my reasons for it. Nothing more,
nothing less.
Fred
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