Re: [Staffslug] Unsubscribing, and answering questions [was Re: (no subject) ]

dunno kevmeister i use exchange server for my college work, so i should really LOL.. using gmail's browser interface lately because of the sheer amount of mail i get.. synching all over the place is a pain in the backside! i use thunderbird for my personal servers though *thumbs up* On 04/01/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > On 04/01/07, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > > >Kev, > > Do my posts follow etiquette? I usually snip all unnecessary bits so > > they're not too long but put me straight on all this please. > > Stuart > > Registered Linux Mangler #001 > > > > Looks good to me, Stuart. Andrew is just doing it on purpose :-))) > he likes to wind us all up... > > There are two schools of thought regarding replying to a message > thread on a mailing list. One is that normally you read the question > first then expect to read the answer(s). That's normal as it's how we > speak to each other, unless we happen to be telepathic. The other way > is that people want to see the answer first....yeah, right... I don't > know how true it is but I have been told that the whole epidemic of > top posting that is going on now is due to the way Outlook Express > (Microsoft) automatically starts an reply at the top of the mail > instead of below the received one. Not using OE I cannot verify this. > > I much prefer to answer below the original message. To me that is normal. > > -- > ============================================== > Don't take it to the tip recycle it via the Freecycle(r) Network. > > For a group near to you look here: > Worldwide > http://www.freecycle.org/ > > United Kingdom > http://uk.freecycle.org/ > ============================================ > Kevan Farmer > Linux user #373362 > Staffordshire > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > -- Andrew J. Edwards www.andrewedwards.name New Tel: 07888882734 _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug