Re: Posting Style

From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2022 22:33:15 UTC
On Sunday,  6 November 2022 at 17:13:53 -0500, Michael Sierchio wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 4:59 PM paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 1:48 PM grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/6/22, Joe B <jb1277976@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> What is recommended here on the mailing list?
>>>> Bottom posting or topo posting?
>>>
>>> Bottom, always, since dawn of email, for many reasons.
>>
>> <http://www.paulbeard.org/>
>
> Give it a rest.  This post etiquette nonsense is so 1980s.

You might like to read the rest of
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/freebsd-questions/
which also includes:

  If you find you can not answer without being rude, do not answer.

I also don't understand what you're trying to say.  Maybe we should
update the "how to" document to say something like:

  Make sure that people can understand your reply.

In this case, I can't decide whether you're agreeing with the document
or disagreeing with it.

Greg
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