[BNM] List etiquette

Jason Bailey j.bailey at sussex.ac.uk
Mon Aug 13 22:26:41 BST 2007


> yes, that's damn annoying... (like this one, wtf?)

I wonder if it's as annoying as top posting when the previous was bottom 
posted. Mixing it all up. Sorry, I know that's an old one (Macs are shit 
too). I get shouted at by someone at work if I _ever_ top post. He comes 
round and shouts at me. I wish he'd just email.

And yes I'm looking into improving my etiquette. I'm afraid it's user 
limits rather than the client which can handle threads. I don't want to 
receive lots of emails so I reply using the subject headings in the google 
archive. That's probably why I don't notice the issue. I do look in google 
groups and it mostly handles my replies in the way I'd expect (but not all 
the time). I don't think that's lazy as it probably takes a few more pointy 
clickies to get to the point where I can reply.

I do realise my problems are the reverse of the issue but Mr Pashley had 
(kindly) pointed out that my emails were starting new threads, as I assume 
this one will too. So I may well be replying from gmail soon.

Is anyone reading this stuff via google groups and replying with their 
gmail account? That means I've got to subscribe via google groups which I 
thought was a no no for some reason.

Jason


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