From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E82dz-0006F2-QH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:18:48 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7OLGqt3020148; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:16:52 GMT Received: from ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.43]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7OLD4ZS010323 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:13:05 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cpe-68-201-117-76.gt.res.rr.com [68.201.117.76]) by ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j7OLE8gJ004768 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:14:08 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <430CE320.8020905@gt.rr.com> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:14:08 -0500 From: "Anthony E. Caudel" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050807) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why gentoo doesn't have long description? References: <20050823112654.GA31003@lugmen.org.ar> <20050823224756.667089f1@snowdrop.home> <558b73fb05082320393c29effc@mail.gmail.com> <430C1848.7020609@gmail.com> <430C1B43.9040108@sdf-eu.org> <20050824110803.GA4532@lugmen.org.ar> <558b73fb050824070378013489@mail.gmail.com> <342e109050824075714b860b@mail.gmail.com> <20050824161916.5c8bfe2c@snowdrop.home> <430CD9AF.4030204@pbp.net> In-Reply-To: <430CD9AF.4030204@pbp.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Archives-Salt: c759f95d-7ae2-4591-ad52-d5cad3a9c430 X-Archives-Hash: 0a91a06d75ba5dbdc78718c1923751e4 Jonathan Nichols wrote: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > >> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:57:09 -0300 Daniel da Veiga >> wrote: >> | You know bud, read some rules, be polite. >> >> There are many who consider top posting to be just about the rudest >> thing you could possibly do on a mailing list. HTML email is worse, but >> not by much. >> > > It's too bad that even *gmail*, the paragon of geek email, encourages > top posting. :( > > And it's also the default setting in Thunderbird. I wish they'd change > that. As a matter of curiosity, why is top posting considered bad form. I'm using Thunderbird and when it views the mail, by default it is at the top. With bottom posting, I have to scroll down to view the post. -- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list