Exalted Listers, Because of the high amount of useable technical information to me I copy each month’s postings to a word file. I do this for two reasons. First is that sub-dividing posts into different subject files is just too complicated. Secondly net archived information relies on the goodwill of the provide r(s) and is not guaranteed to be there when one might want/need it. I usually end up with over 200 pages of condensed information. My top posting complaint is not because of one earlier post at the bottom. That is reference information. Typically, in the past, it was not uncommon to see top posting of five or six previous posts. This would then fill up four or five pages. There might be two or three such top postings for each issue. Deleting all of this extra repetition becomes a mighty PITA for someone like me who is still a neophyte in this area of expertise and attempting to become better educated. I thoroughly enjoy the sometimes mislabeled as OT adventures (and the occasional mis-adventures). They provide both knowledgeable insight and a deep appreciation of previous attempts toward technical excellence. I’m very appreciative of the more pruned issues of late. Regards, Perrier

Why is this "extra repetition" a problem when top-posting, but not a problem when bottom posting???? On 2011-05-25 12:23, Perry Sandeen wrote: > Exalted Listers, > > Because of the high amount of useable technical information to me I copy each month’s postings to a word file. I do this for two reasons. First is that sub-dividing posts into different subject files is just too complicated. Secondly net archived information relies on the goodwill of the provide r(s) and is not guaranteed to be there when one might want/need it. I usually end up with over 200 pages of condensed information. > > My top posting complaint is not because of one earlier post at the bottom. That is reference information. Typically, in the past, it was not uncommon to see top posting of five or six previous posts. This would then fill up four or five pages. > > There might be two or three such top postings for each issue. Deleting all of this extra repetition becomes a mighty PITA for someone like me who is still a neophyte in this area of expertise and attempting to become better educated. > > I thoroughly enjoy the sometimes mislabeled as OT adventures (and the occasional mis-adventures). They provide both knowledgeable insight and a deep appreciation of previous attempts toward technical excellence. > > I’m very appreciative of the more pruned issues of late. > > Regards, > > Perrier > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. -- Cheers, Ken vk7krj@users.tasmanet.com.au www.vk7krj.com 'It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice and uses "telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single moment.' (Einstein's famous quote on Quantum theory) No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3658 - Release Date: 05/25/11 04:34:00

On May 25, 2011, at 3:27 AM, Ken , VK7KRJ wrote: > Why is this "extra repetition" a problem when top-posting, but not a problem when bottom posting The protocol behind bottom posting is to edit the prior text, so that you are only incorporating, and responding to, the appropriate text. Top posting on top of layers of previous posts is just lazy. Scott...

You guys should get out of the dark ages and use a modern mail client. Then it won't matter! I won't name names, but the one I use is popular, has a web front end, keeps all of my mail around in a searchable format (no need to waste your time generating a word doc), squashes out quoted fragments of the previous messages (puts them behind a -Show Quoted Text- link), and rhymes with "female". It took me a while to figure out what you guys were even complaining about :-) On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Scott Stansbury <sstansbury@aol.com> wrote: > On May 25, 2011, at 3:27 AM, Ken , VK7KRJ wrote: > > Why is this "extra repetition" a problem when top-posting, but not a > problem when bottom posting > > > The protocol behind bottom posting is to edit the prior text, so that you > are only incorporating, and responding to, the appropriate text. > > Top posting on top of layers of previous posts is just lazy. > > > Scott... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >

Thanks for the tip Justin- I also found one for Thunderbird called "QuoteCollapse"- now I get to read just the new bits. On 2011-05-26 03:52, Justin Pinnix wrote: > You guys should get out of the dark ages and use a modern mail client. Then > it won't matter! > > I won't name names, but the one I use is popular, has a web front end, keeps > all of my mail around in a searchable format (no need to waste your time > generating a word doc), squashes out quoted fragments of the previous > messages (puts them behind a -Show Quoted Text- link), and rhymes with > "female". It took me a while to figure out what you guys were even > complaining about :-) -- Cheers, Ken vk7krj@users.tasmanet.com.au www.vk7krj.com 'It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice and uses "telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single moment.' (Einstein's famous quote on Quantum theory) No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3660 - Release Date: 05/26/11 04:09:00