From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lyt8w-0008AR-7m for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:39:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 67472E0B92; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:39:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f219.google.com (mail-fx0-f219.google.com [209.85.220.219]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AD60E0B92 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:39:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm19 with SMTP id 19so686419fxm.34 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:38:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=F3Sof94x99+AQNV0m8/9MSxxXNsr5sPYLmBbcUQljWo=; b=kCOR7z/3SEMrn7mc8M1cir/aPgoWM0bQBD0c52r2Lg7hVSqBUYfWJM/kln7wKOm0lg zQs65qqLbVS0UyqWan8H36UfCrcTbA0aOp3qPVdQIuptZigiq8MnnJrjibvxo7nA09ZS 390fqRU/fjZp3xwK6iLzwpCBVeiKAMDHpXLWw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tw9xHGFiU3P+CvgY261BQ0+/t3KaKCdIMDkm6Lxr7zzeYB/A47isKjmWpWCGby80jJ TgnBbr9mvKIwo1niV2alNRlLU+nccVlm267yN01a6OSXFoJAzx50oqOM7DA6tK26o/f4 j9B1mSIDhBDHS1UXZDQphWFlfy0tjZuF20WEs= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.86.36.11 with SMTP id j11mr4739675fgj.22.1240947539608; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:38:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <58965d8a0904281236q3812fe20hc611dfb3ddee1f0f@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090428180343.GA8275@linux1> <20090428193929.37546812@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <200904282100.00512.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <49F75698.1060704@gmail.com> <1004fb350904281226n6c265484n27c0edd328fd1d0c@mail.gmail.com> <58965d8a0904281236q3812fe20hc611dfb3ddee1f0f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:38:59 +0200 Message-ID: <1004fb350904281238q84c3f4cu275be1974b6a1f1b@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT:netiquete] was AUTO: Martin... From: thomas blomme To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 9872fa79-8329-4975-b645-31265dded205 X-Archives-Hash: b2e2f60f5bc5ee2c1476b6c518b6bcfe 2009/4/28 Paul Hartman : > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:26 PM, thomas blomme w= rote: >> 2009/4/28 Dale : >>> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>>> On Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:39:29 Neil Bothwick wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> As a blind computer user, sometimes it is more convenient to top pos= t, >>>>>> because I don't know of a way to make my screen reading software ski= p >>>>>> over all of the quoted material. =A0I find it more convenient someti= mes to >>>>>> hear the newest material first. >>>>>> >>>>> That's an interesting point, and the first real justification for >>>>> top-posting I've seen. Although I would have thought it should be >>>>> possible to have your mailer hide quotes and the reader then skip the= m. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I'm sure the regulars here will be quite happy to make an exception fo= r the >>>> few blind users we have. Just like we tolerate the BlackBerry users wh= o cannot >>>> post any other way. >>>> >>>> As for the rest who think it's their right to ignore long-established >>>> unwritten (but no less valid) codes of conduct, I just do to them the = same >>>> thing I do to stupid users at work who refuse to use English: >>>> >>>> plonk. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> And there is always the blacklist as well. =A0Once added to that, it's >>> hard to get back off the list. =A0After all, if they send them a email = to >>> ask to get took off, they won't get the message. =A0o_O >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) =A0:-) >>> >>> >> >> Is there a way in gmail to put top-posting off? > > Gmail does proper quoting, it just puts the cursor in the wrong place > by default (but the place most users want it, I would guess). Also as > Ward pointed out, there is a feature where it will quote only what you > have highlighted -- a great feature that I miss from my old OS/2 email > client. > > Thanks for the kind replies, I figured out this could be something usefull which I will try not to forge= t! --=20 mvg, thomas Het Gemet 29 8800 Roeselare