Bottom posting /after good snipping/ is only polite but most
folks apparently don't wish to be polite. This wish is compounded by
Microsoft 'newsreaders' that give you a prompt at the top. Bad form,
still. Cybe R. Wizard

I'm not sure if it's always rudeness or not knowing how to use their
editing features on their keyboards correctly. I'm curious, how many people
on here all know how to do a block highlight and delete? ~ jan

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Bottom posting /after good snipping/ is only polite but most
folks apparently don't wish to be polite. This wish is compounded by
Microsoft 'newsreaders' that give you a prompt at the top. Bad form,
still. Cybe R. Wizard

I'm not sure if it's always rudeness or not knowing how to use their
editing features on their keyboards correctly. I'm curious, how many people
on here all know how to do a block highlight and delete? ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

i'm with you, anne lurie. i would think that top-posting was definitely
better. oh well...
mad
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one carrion allowed per passenger."

From: "Anne Lurie"
Organization: Road Runner - NC
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 17:41:36 GMT
Subject: Gardening - test

Unless you take care to remove the extraneous groups, any "group reply" will
go to all the groups that received the post to which you are replying.

You can tell by looking closely at the To: list for each message. These
things can really deteriorate fast because suddenly posters of a particular
group are seeing posts from strangers, etc., and so on.

To confuse this issue even more, we've suddenly picked up another "anne"
(gasp!) here in rec.ponds!

What's the big complaint about top posting, anyway? Unless there are
multiple parts to debate, it makes a *lot* more sense to me -- at least
it's much easier to figure exactly who the current poster is.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC



"K30a" wrote in message
...

Question.
If this post was cross posted in the first place, Anne mentioned several
gardening groups it showed up on... is it still being cross posted?
I'm posting on rec.ponds here.

k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html





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LOLOL
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From: "BenignVanilla"
Reply-To: "BenignVanilla"
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:16:51 -0400
Subject: Gardening - test

I think all top posters should be shot.

BV.

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
.com...
Unless you take care to remove the extraneous groups, any "group reply"
will
go to all the groups that received the post to which you are replying.

You can tell by looking closely at the To: list for each message. These
things can really deteriorate fast because suddenly posters of a
particular
group are seeing posts from strangers, etc., and so on.

To confuse this issue even more, we've suddenly picked up another "anne"
(gasp!) here in rec.ponds!

What's the big complaint about top posting, anyway? Unless there are
multiple parts to debate, it makes a *lot* more sense to me -- at least
it's much easier to figure exactly who the current poster is.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC



"K30a" wrote in message
...

Question.
If this post was cross posted in the first place, Anne mentioned several
gardening groups it showed up on... is it still being cross posted?
I'm posting on rec.ponds here.

k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html







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nedra--like this: :-P
mad
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From: "Nedra"
Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 20:47:28 GMT
Subject: Gardening - test

Bottom posters just don't get read on my machine ;-)
Why should I scroll thru dozens of other posts to reply?
I have tagged onto the one I want to reply to.

I top post ... always!

So there, BV .... how do you post a tongue sticking out?
LOLOLOL!!

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"K30a" wrote in message
...
BV wrote I think all top posters should be shot.

I've seen this complaint for years and don't know what it is? Is it when
everything ever written in a thread comes first and then the reply is
waaaay
down there at the very end?


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html






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On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:00:22 -0700, ~ jan JJsPond. us wrote:

... Bad form, still.
Cybe R. Wizard

I'm not sure if it's always rudeness or not knowing how to use their
editing features on their keyboards correctly. I'm curious, how many people
on here all know how to do a block highlight and delete? ~
jan

I like the block highlight and reply feature on your reader. It's a
feature that has been copied in my own newsreader (Sylpheed-claws) and
makes snipping very easy. Just highlight the text to which you wish to
reply, hit 'reply', and everything else is snipped for you. Good job,
Forte!

Cybe -posting from Pan right now to test it's new feature set.

I've always *tried* to be careful & diligent when snipping -- and in some
newsgroups, I swear I'm the only one who thinks of snipping! -- but I'm
not sure which is worse: no snipping at all or snipping that leaves poster
& post mismatched.

I can't tell you how many times I've been credited (or not!) with other
people's posts.

In the meantime, I'll continue to top post -- after all, you can at least
see it there!

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...

I'm not sure if it's always rudeness or not knowing how to use their
editing features on their keyboards correctly. I'm curious, how many
people
on here all know how to do a block highlight and delete? ~ jan

nope--just lazy...
mad


From: "Cybe R. Wizard"
Organization: Interdementia-nal Consortium of Wizardly Dudes
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:05:22 GMT
Subject: Gardening - test

Bottom posting /after good snipping/ is only polite but most
folks apparently don't wish to be polite.
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but by diligent hard work, he overcame them."
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From: ~ jan JJsPond.us
Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com 100,000+ UNCENSORED
Newsgroups.
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:00:22 -0700
Subject: Gardening - test

how many people
on here all know how to do a block highlight and delete? ~ jan

i do--- LOL
mad

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i belong to a mailing list where some of the posters post the whole
digest-list when answering one question. seems that no matter how often
someone reminds them they use up a whole 'volume' of the digest just
answering one question. now THATS annonying!
mad
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From: "Anne Lurie"
Organization: Road Runner - NC
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 21:19:50 GMT
Subject: Gardening - test

I've always *tried* to be careful & diligent when snipping -- and in some
newsgroups, I swear I'm the only one who thinks of snipping! -- but I'm
not sure which is worse: no snipping at all or snipping that leaves poster
& post mismatched.

I can't tell you how many times I've been credited (or not!) with other
people's posts.

In the meantime, I'll continue to top post -- after all, you can at least
see it there!

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...

I'm not sure if it's always rudeness or not knowing how to use their
editing features on their keyboards correctly. I'm curious, how many
people
on here all know how to do a block highlight and delete? ~ jan






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"JennyC" wrote in message ...
"Rusty Hinge" wrote .
contains these words:

Hum. Pruning spammers and trolls? On which parts shall we begin?
Rusty

Oh certainly a flame thrower on the trolls methinks :~)
Jenny


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