16 Apr
2002
16 Apr
'02
3:12 a.m.
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Marvin Johnston wrote:
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Hans Franke wrote:
Then I guess you will have to deal with people like myself reformatting
your emails when replying. I personally can't stand to see an email thread
with mostly proper quoting where someone replies at the top. Several email
lists I'm on have an enforced rule that email must be quoted and threaded
properly.
To date, all of the email etiquette information I've read states that a
reply should always follow the quoted text, with the authors' names at the
very top. Quotes should also be trimmed down, sometimes to just one
author's text. Any extra or unnecessary quoted text (including sigs)
should be removed to save bandwith.
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Glen Goodwin wrote:
I absolutly agree. Especialy with series of replys llike we have the
embedded style helps a lot. I considere the 'Top-Style' as rude.
I disagree :). Too many times, a mile and a half of quoted text starts
out the message. I don't care to take the time to scroll down, but
prefer to see the meat of what is being said at the top. 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 . . . It is especially annoying when the subject line
doesn't reflect the
message content ... which is most of the time.
If the subject of a thread changes significantly, the subject line should
be modified accordingly. A modified subject line should typically include
_at least_ 1/3-1/2 of the original subject line text, prefixed by 'was',
and surrounded by parentheses. The current subject line is a good example.
-Toth