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"Kerry Brown" *a*m wrote in
message Ivor Jones wrote: "Kerry Brown" *a*m wrote in message I did miss that. Probably because of the top posts all over the place. I agree that bottom posting is preferable to top posting. Unfortunately the web interface to the MS newsgroups and Outlook Express make bottom posting hard to do. You can use an add-on like OE-Quotefix but it introduces other problems. Oh..? In what way..? I use OE and find no problem at all bottom posting. I use Quotefix sometimes, but I actually prefer the cursor to appear at the top because it gives me a chance to read through the post and trim/snip where appropriate. Because of this I tend to respond with whatever the thread seems to be using. When in Rome do as the Romans do :-) I'm not in Rome though, I'm in England..! If I may state one of my main arguments against top posting, it is that its adherents rarely trim/snip, so you get the original text plus every reply again and again and again. Although I do have ADSL, many people still rely on dialup connections and even if they're not paying by the minute for the phone call (as was once often the case in the UK) they do have the problem that a long message takes time to download. There are numerous other reasons, but that is the main one. Restricting yourself to an arbitrary set of rules that not everyone follows is futile in this case. Sometimes you have to stick up for your priciples but top posting vs bottom posting is a silly place to draw a line in the sand. Maybe, but when someone insists on top posting despite being repeatedly asked not to (at least as far as replying to my posts is concerned) then lines do have to be drawn. Thanks for the sensible reply. Ivor |
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Please understand that it's not up top you to determine whether someone top
posts or bottom posts. To try to impose your preferences on others is a futile effort. I would respectfully suggest that you learn to accept others regardless of how they post or you'll end up with a boatload of stress about something you can't change. Life is much to short to fuss over something so minor. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Ivor Jones" wrote in message ... (snip) Maybe, but when someone insists on top posting despite being repeatedly asked not to (at least as far as replying to my posts is concerned) then lines do have to be drawn. |
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"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in
message Please understand that it's not up top you to determine whether someone top posts or bottom posts. To try to impose your preferences on others is a futile effort. I would respectfully suggest that you learn to accept others regardless of how they post or you'll end up with a boatload of stress about something you can't change. Life is much to short to fuss over something so minor. It isn't minor, it's sheer bad manners, bordering on the rude. I would respectfully suggest that you at least bottom post when replying to me, is even that too much to ask..? Before you ask, I will never give up complaining about something that I feel strongly about. To do so would be to admit defeat and I am not and never will be a defeatist. I may never get my way, but neither you nor anybody else will prevent me from trying. Ivor |
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"I may never get my way, but neither you nor anybody else will prevent
me from trying." Go ahead - won't bother me 'cause now you're in my killfile. So long. --- Ted Zieglar "Backup is a computer user's best friend." Ivor Jones wrote: "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message Please understand that it's not up top you to determine whether someone top posts or bottom posts. To try to impose your preferences on others is a futile effort. I would respectfully suggest that you learn to accept others regardless of how they post or you'll end up with a boatload of stress about something you can't change. Life is much to short to fuss over something so minor. It isn't minor, it's sheer bad manners, bordering on the rude. I would respectfully suggest that you at least bottom post when replying to me, is even that too much to ask..? Before you ask, I will never give up complaining about something that I feel strongly about. To do so would be to admit defeat and I am not and never will be a defeatist. I may never get my way, but neither you nor anybody else will prevent me from trying. Ivor |
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Yes, to ask me to change is as bad as me asking you to change, which I
wouldn't do. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Ivor Jones" wrote in message ... "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message Please understand that it's not up top you to determine whether someone top posts or bottom posts. To try to impose your preferences on others is a futile effort. I would respectfully suggest that you learn to accept others regardless of how they post or you'll end up with a boatload of stress about something you can't change. Life is much to short to fuss over something so minor. It isn't minor, it's sheer bad manners, bordering on the rude. I would respectfully suggest that you at least bottom post when replying to me, is even that too much to ask..? Before you ask, I will never give up complaining about something that I feel strongly about. To do so would be to admit defeat and I am not and never will be a defeatist. I may never get my way, but neither you nor anybody else will prevent me from trying. Ivor |
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"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in
message Yes, to ask me to change is as bad as me asking you to change, which I wouldn't do. Fine. Be an idiot. You're now in my killfile anyway. Ivor |
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You are just a rude C......
JoAnn Paules [MVP] wrote: || Yes, to ask me to change is as bad as me asking you to change, which || I wouldn't do. || || -- || || JoAnn Paules || MVP Microsoft [Publisher] || || || || || "Ivor Jones" wrote in message || ... ||| "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in ||| message |||| Please understand that it's not up top you to determine |||| whether someone top posts or bottom posts. To try to |||| impose your preferences on others is a futile effort. I |||| would respectfully suggest that you learn to accept |||| others regardless of how they post or you'll end up with |||| a boatload of stress about something you can't change. |||| Life is much to short to fuss over something so minor. ||| ||| It isn't minor, it's sheer bad manners, bordering on the rude. I ||| would respectfully suggest that you at least bottom post when ||| replying to me, is even that too much to ask..? ||| ||| Before you ask, I will never give up complaining about something ||| that I feel strongly about. To do so would be to admit defeat and I ||| am not and never will be a defeatist. I may never get my way, but ||| neither you nor anybody else will prevent me from trying. ||| ||| Ivor |
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