MHR wrote:
PS (yeah, yeah, I know) especially to Mr. Vandaman: I've noticed that a lot of your postings are fairly concise, or one might say clipped. I gather that this is how you post, and this is not a criticism, just an observation: most people, especially us annoying colonists, perceive clipped as being rude, even if it is not intended to be. An extra word or two to soften the blow can often help.
An extra word or two? I actually did more than that and sent a polite offlist message to about a "dozen newbies" with full details and a link to the mailing list guidelines. There was even a regular poster who had top-posted and when he queried offlist I sent him a link to what he had done and there was no reply. So if someone is now top-posting after all that, even you may agree it is over the top.
Regards, Vandaman.