Problem!

[C Hamel]

On Friday 2006 February 03 07:22, Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:28:42 +1100
>
> Sasha Tsykin <psychosushi at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >  have set my mail browser to top quote automatically, because that is
> > what most windows users use and they don't often go to the bottom of
> > messages looking for replies. They just ignore the message and assume it
> > only has content which they wrote.
>
> My solution to this is to insert a "top message" for non-list or non-geek
> mail ;-) Thus:
>
> Hi, $non-geek-person,
>
> Please see my commnets interspersed in your text below.
>
> [ suitably snipped and edited content ]
>
> [ sign off at the bottom ]
>
> Seems to work OK
>
> Peter
>
>  --
> 'If I ever saw an animated penguin with a speech bubble saying,
> "It looks like you're trying to edit fstab",
> I'd switch to BSD faster than a speeding Gentoo user.'
> -- Paul Hudson
All I can tell you is that Red Hat, SuSE, Gentoo, Mandrake forums all bottom 
post.  There is a distinct minority that do not.  They are readily recognized 
as n00bs who are trying Linux.  There is nothing wrong with that.  However, 
the highest percentage of Linux/Unix users all bottom post.  So... "When in 
Rome...." is the bottom line.  

I used to top post, myself, having used Windows for years before trying Linux.  
No longer.  I tend to at least try to conform.  When I get a msg from a known 
windows user I top post; Unix/Linus, I bottom post.  Now, I wonder why I ever 
top-posted.  Bottom posting is just logical.
-- 
        ...CH
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