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| From | Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: OT: Top Posting |
| Date | 2024-05-14 19:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <IE4rL-dlcL-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <IE0et-dip1-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <IE0Rb-diBU-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <IE10R-diUl-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <IE1Nf-djau-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <IE3P4-dkZl-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 05:01:31PM +0000, fxkl47BF@protonmail.com wrote: > how many times has this top post crap been dug up > don't y'all have any thing better to do It's never going to stop. We have a clash of two cultures here. The first culture are Unix users who grew up with Internet email and Usenet news. For people in this culture, there is a well-defined set of "netiquette" rules -- plain text messages, inline quoting with "> " citation characters, lines limited to ~72 characters, etc. For users in this first group, email is often read and composed on a terminal, or a terminal emulator. Characters are displayed in a fixed-width font. ASCII art is possible, albeit frowned upon as juvenile. The second culture are Windows users who grew up with Microsoft products in their school or workplace. In this culture, top-posting is the norm, and inline quoting is nigh impossible. Messages are often sent in either HTML or markdown format. Whole paragraphs are presented as single lines. Explicit line breaks are only used between paragraphs. Users in this second group typically use Microsoft Outlook, or a web-based mail user agent in a graphical environment. Fonts are variable-width, and any ASCII art or tables will not align properly. Now, normally when these cultures clash, we're able to point to the Debian netiquette guidelines, and move on. In this particular instance, we've got a person from the second culture who seems to have no idea that other cultures exist, or that a mailing list might not adhere to their own expectations. This person is acting belligerantly, and will not listen to gentle reminders. The best course of action in this case is to drop it, but pride can make people do the wrong things sometimes.
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Re: OT: Top Posting Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2024-05-15 16:40 +0200
Re: OT: Top Posting Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2024-05-15 17:00 +0200
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Re: Dovecot correct ownership for logs Richard <rrosner5@gmail.com> - 2024-05-14 20:50 +0200
Re: Dovecot correct ownership for logs Alain D D Williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk> - 2024-05-14 17:40 +0200
Re: Dovecot correct ownership for logs Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2024-05-14 17:50 +0200
Re: Dovecot correct ownership for logs <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-05-14 13:50 +0200
Re: Dovecot correct ownership for logs <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-05-14 06:40 +0200
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Re: Dovecot correct ownership for logs tomas@tuxteam.de - 2024-05-14 14:20 +0200
Re: Dovecot correct ownership for logs jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2024-05-15 00:50 +0200
Re: Dovecot correct ownership for logs Richard <rrosner5@gmail.com> - 2024-05-15 12:30 +0200
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Re: Dovecot correct ownership for logs Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-05-17 14:30 +0200
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