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<H1>[Mageia-marketing] A request</H1>
<B>Patricia Fraser</B>
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<I>Tue Mar 20 07:58:47 CET 2012</I>
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<PRE>Hi folks,
Could I ask everyone please: don't top-post replies to the list?
As of today, I won't be doing it any more; I've always hated it, and
I'm done putting up with it; I'll be trimming your replies to me
ruthlessly and answering inline, and I'll explain why I'd like all of
the marcom team to follow suit.
What's wrong with top-posting?
* It makes messages difficult to read when the answer comes before the
question - this is important not only to the original poster and
the responder, but to everyone else on the list. Not all of us are
native English speakers; we have to be clear and keep the extra
waffle to a minimum.
* It means the top-poster is less likely to trim (this does matter.
There are still many people around the world stuck on dialup with
very low data quotas), and subsequent top-posters are then also less
likely to trim;
* It's going to be seen as rude on plenty of mailing lists, which is
absolutely not how we want people to see Mageia's marketing reps.
Please post your replies in-line, underneath the point you're
replying to, and trim any parts of the original message(s) that you
aren't replying to.
Here's more info on the topic:
<A HREF="http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_stv0.htm">http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_stv0.htm</A>
<A HREF="http://www.html-faq.com/etiquette/?toppost">http://www.html-faq.com/etiquette/?toppost</A>
<A HREF="http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html">http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html</A>
<A HREF="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html">http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html</A>
Some older than others - all useful.
Cheers!
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Trish Fraser, VVMZ4 91L2V
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Tue Mar 20 17:38:47 EST 2012
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andromeda up 10 hour(s), 38 min.
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