From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LA1xq-0003NT-HI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:45:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 53888E03E7; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:45:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CB91E03EB for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:45:20 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,740,1220223600"; d="scan'208";a="53317884" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 09 Dec 2008 12:45:19 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.71] (unknown [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 780E6137B2D for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:45:16 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <493D1F77.9030907@konstantinhansen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] VIM Undo Command - don't do top posting Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:45:16 +0000 References: <4934FCFB.1010402@smoothlinux.com> <20081207085722.GA22021@ultras> <493C04BB.2060408@smoothlinux.com> <493C5E56.9000602@gmail.com> <493D1EB8.7030608@smoothlinux.com> <493D1F77.9030907@konstantinhansen.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) X-Archives-Salt: 26574e0d-6f28-4c01-89f6-a4b85c684398 X-Archives-Hash: e2161bb86f4b06641bbc71e449605757 On 8 Dec 2008, at 13:21, KH wrote: > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Could I possibly ask you to refrain from making replies to the list with this as the only contribution? I refer also to your posts of 3 December 2008 09:09:59 GMT & 24 October 2008 08:48:20 BST. I see now that on this occasion you've been sensible enough to add to the subject line, but my initial assumption is that this is a "bug" of some sort and that some idiot has replied with only their signature. It is clearly very irritating to have to scroll through a whole long message of unabridged quoted text, to find nothing relevant to the subject. I personally think that you'll never win the war against top-posting. But then my personal grudge is against those who quote in the opposite fashion to those who preceded them in the thread - I find a flow of quoting that is interrupted FAR less legible than the 3 short message sections, all concise, clear and top-posted, that you replied to. Stroller.