[CentOS] Sorry

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am 17.05.2014 23:22, schrieb Always Learning:
>
> Top posting ALWAYS makes sense when the poster has included nearly 200
> lines of redundant and time-wasting waffle from previous posters.

False argument.

Top-posting is nearly always combined with fully quoting the previous 
mailing. That is bsolutely unnecessary on a mailinglist and even a waste 
of resources.

Strip off redundant content!

> Scrolling down - all the way down - to read a few words is time wasting
> and irritating.

Then why not just erasing all the rubbish you don't care about?

> Until posters ruthlessly exclude all redundant material, top posting
> makes sense because it is the fastest and most efficient method of
> conveying a response to others on the mail list.

No, it just demonstrates that you as the top-poster and full quoter are 
not caring for the previous communication and not caring enough for a 
sane readable thread. If the top-poster just cares for his quick and 
"easy" action, then why does he reply at all?

> There is an art to replying intelligently to a previous posting -
> interspersing replies to the previous poster's comments BUT ALWAYS
> EXCLUDING SURPLUS TEXT.

full ack!

> I blame M$ for introducing TOP POSTING.

It makes no sense to blame a company, it is the people who don't make 
enough effort to help everyone on a mailinglist to follow the 
discussions in an efficient way by seeing the questions and answers in a 
quick way.

Have you ever searched for something in a mailing list archive and then 
stumbled about a thread where proper quoting and stripping the context 
is wildly mixed with top-poster and full-quoter messages? It is a mess 
to find the helpful arguments and content.

Alexander