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Thread-Index: AQHNfFEftXpWIDDzxk2FlW8vEsE0MpdjTWCw Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:49:24 +0000 References: <4e0060a6-5cd5-455c-a151-80df9509255d@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.67.79.47] Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-DLP-FWD: Yes Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1345504058 news.xs4all.nl 6877 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53104 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:27536 > > I also tend to blame M$ (Outlook and variants) for this tendency to=0D= =0A> > quote everything and top-post -- Outlook makes it almost impossible= =0D=0A> > to do a trim&interleave response style=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A> I that O= utlook & Co are guilty=2E That and the fact that few people even=0D=0A> thi= nk about this=2E=0D=0A=0D=0ANonsense, I post only from Outlook=2E You can d= o it and it is not hard=2E=0D=0AIt is just requires a little effort=2E =0D= =0A=0D=0ATop posting makes more sense in a corporate setting for a couple r= easons=2E =0D=0ASeeing the exact email trail rather than what someone consi= ders "relevant" =0D=0Acontext can be very useful=2E Not to mention that fre= quently corporate email =0D=0Ais more like slow instant messaging; I need l= ess context (e=2Eg=2E =0D=0Aconversation history) and get all the informat= ion I need from what the =0D=0Asender is writing=2E =0D=0A=0D=0AI find inli= ne (and to a lesser extent bottom) posting to be a mixed bag=2E =0D=0ASome = people do it well and it is easy to read, but there are others who =0D=0Ado= not make it as easy (for me) to read=2E Lots of posts are not trimmed =0D= =0Aenough, or trimmed too much=2E =0D=0A=0D=0AI am not advocating top-posti= ng=2E I just think that different styles are =0D=0Agood for different cases= /environments=2E Blame the person, not the =0D=0Aapplication for having poo= r habits and/or being inconsiderate of the =0D=0Acommunity=2E :)=0D=0A=0D= =0ARamit=0D=0A=0D=0AP=2ES=2E Ironically, I do blame Outlook for making it h= ard (impossible?) =0D=0Ato find/see the 80 char boundary=2E=0D=0AThis email= is confidential and subject to important disclaimers and=0D=0Aconditions i= ncluding on offers for the purchase or sale of=0D=0Asecurities, accuracy an= d completeness of information, viruses,=0D=0Aconfidentiality, legal privile= ge, and legal entity disclaimers,=0D=0Aavailable at http://www=2Ejpmorgan= =2Ecom/pages/disclosures/email=2E