Jumping in late here: I sincerely wish that this list was maintained on any of the quality "bulletin board" or "Forum" tools. It would reduce my eMail load, allow me to zoom in on just the issues of interest to me at the moment, and I can eMail those posts to myself that are relevant to my own needs for further editing and documentation.
I find the entire USENET and eMail list thing utterly antediluvian, and wicked hard to use. Often, I can only barely remember that *maybe* something relevant was discussed months ago, but is now relevant to my current issue today. A "forum" is more practical as a tool for building a collective knowledge of the CentOS community. This eMail list just doesn't cut it for a "knowledge base" built up of our collective experience.
Of course, for those of you who still prefer this medium, a "forum" can eMail you posts, just like you see them today. But people who would like to search for a solution from a year or so ago could search the central resource.
--Carol Anne
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Guy Boisvert Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:03 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting
Bob Taylor wrote:
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 16:48 -0500, Doug Tucker wrote:
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 15:56 -0500, Scott Nelson wrote:
On May 14, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Doug Tucker wrote:
...all but dead...I run a usenet server here, had 3 logins last month...user base is over 4000...
I *think* Scott wrote:
Usenet is almost dead but e-mail lists abound (you are
using one).
Same concepts.
I know, but my point was, since we all use email to read
email lists,
let's get off the old usenet etiquette, and use email etiquette, which you will find yourself in the very minute minority
that replies
bottom post.
Doug, you *still* are missing the point! The *rules* written in the days of Usenet are *still* applicable today. Why? Because
the reason
for their existence hasn't changed. Originally there was Usenet *groups* now there are email lists. What's the difference?
The names.
Bob
I second Bob on that! I do a lot of support and top posting is a *PITA*. It's like reading a book from bottom to top, right to left! It's "doable" but nor very confortable IMHO.
I'm not saying i have absolute truth, just sharing the view of somebody that do tech support since 15 years.
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