16 Apr
2002
16 Apr
'02
12:20 a.m.
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Glen Goodwin wrote:
I concur with that, also I prefer doing a 'normal' "> " quoting of
the
text and 72 chars or so max width... not 50chars limit, not tabbed in from
the left, no HTML, no "----Original Message----" sh*t. Oh yea, and try to
properly use the shift key - not all caps, not all lowercase.
I know some people aren't great typists or use funky (eg. Outlook) email
clients, but to me it helps make the message much more readable.
Just my $0.02.
From: John
Foust <jfoust(a)threedee.com>
Unfortunately, I don't think Winston said
anything
about the inability to format e-mail responses
in conventional style, so we're stuck. "see below, plz."
now induces an immediate "CTRL/D" from my left hand.
Okay, so what is the *preferred* method of replying to classiccmp posts?
Reply at top? Replay at bottom? Or, embedded comments interspersed
throughout the replied-to post? I prefer the latter, more conversational
style . . .