From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Preferred posting style
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 08:09:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZUH5v7QFv1J0dYkA@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <LV8P223MB09202F9AC521EBA33E19E5B7A2A7A@LV8P223MB0920.NAMP223.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 08:58:32PM -0700, David Masterson wrote:
> yaxp <yaxp@cock.li> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Which posting style is preferable in this list?
> >
> > Top or Bottom.
>
> A decades old argument. Top makes it easier for many mail readers to
> slice off all the previous thread history (which the reader has in
> previous messages). Bottom makes it easier to have thread context in
> the message,
>
> Most Emacs related mailing lists / newsgroups prefer bottom.
Let me add that top posting, while it might kind-of-work for personal
mail breaks down spectacularly in mailing lists.
A mixture of both is worse,of course :-)
Cheers
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-01 7:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-30 15:55 Preferred posting style yaxp
2023-10-30 16:43 ` Fraga, Eric
2023-10-31 20:42 ` Bastien
2023-11-01 3:58 ` David Masterson
2023-11-01 7:09 ` tomas [this message]
2023-11-01 7:32 ` Loris Bennett
2023-11-01 7:43 ` tomas
2023-11-01 8:29 ` Loris Bennett
2023-11-01 23:31 ` David Masterson
2023-11-01 10:45 ` Ihor Radchenko
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