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 <gentoo-user+bounces-94624-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1Lyrej-00069R-QN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:03:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1F1B3E0A91; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:03:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.123]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C8FE0A91 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:03:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from linux1.localdomain ([66.25.35.110]) by cdptpa-omta04.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090428180343629.HIXV2063@cdptpa-omta04.mail.rr.com> for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:03:43 +0000 Received: by linux1.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2D0E843C03; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500 From: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT:netiquete] was AUTO: Martin... Message-ID: <20090428180343.GA8275@linux1> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <OF7AAA4642.80B8B26F-ONC12575A6.003838B4-C12575A6.003838AA@retarus.de> <35e5bf980904280502v6549a9d6hc5123880d3033b30@mail.gmail.com> <49F71979.2060602@konstantinhansen.de> <49F71E10.7060706@allenjb.me.uk> <20090428164347.4bf85a60@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <49F7260D.2050204@allenjb.me.uk> <20090428191218.3b4ebcb9@ilievnet.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090428191218.3b4ebcb9@ilievnet.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: 1fa16755-da44-45ae-8262-775513536736 X-Archives-Hash: 7fa9ee6d175577811e1b6202e3b06bc7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 All, I don't normally get involved in these threads, but I want to point out another reason for top posting. As a blind computer user, sometimes it is more convenient to top post, because I don't know of a way to make my screen reading software skip over all of the quoted material. I find it more convenient sometimes to hear the newest material first. William On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 07:12:18PM +0300, Daniel Iliev wrote: > On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:51:41 +0100 > AllenJB <gentoo-lists@allenjb.me.uk> wrote: > > > The problem is that there's no consensus. I top post because I think > > it's much more sensible. Others think otherwise. I live with it. > > > > It's the people who refuse to live with differences of opinion that > > are the real problem. > > > > AllenJB > > > > > It's your choice weather to stay rfc-ignorant and "different". > I shall follow the recommendations of IETF then yours. > > > RFC 1855, Section 3.1.1: > > "If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you > summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just > enough text of the original to give a context." > > > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855 > > > -- > Best regards, > Daniel > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkn3RP8ACgkQblQW9DDEZTiMbwCglO03DGm25fY5iwxi8EO+gNuW 75oAn0vzSe7SiHNhsSVuNfrxOogPwTbC =n40v -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----