(urth) Threadtiquette

[David Stockhoff]

On 1/6/2011 5:56 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>
> Your headers indicate you are using Yahoo Mail Classic, right? If you 
> go to Options | Mail Options and set Mode to "Compose Messages as 
> Plain Text", you can skip to the bottom and reply beneath the lowest > 
> fairly easily.

Thanks for the tip. I'll try it some time.
>
>>>> I sometimes resort to dashes,
>>>> and I hope that is effective.
>>>> Of course, I top-post because I am using email, and top-posting is 
>>>> best
>>>> for email, where I don't need to read my own question before I read 
>>>> the
>>>> response.
>>> This is only true when you never have more than one outstanding 
>>> exchange
>>> per correspondent-subject, they are not shared outside of exclusive
>>> correspondent pairs, and exchanges are returned within the most 
>>> reliable
>>> short term memory time-frame.
>>>
>> I'd say it's true about half the time. No single model covers all cases.
>
> And indeed, you would not be expected to observe the same model in 
> your private correspondence as in your intercourse with an open 
> mailing list, any more than you would need to remain dressed to 
> community standards in your own bedroom.
You might be right if there were any meaningful distinction there. At 
any rate, I am certainly not going to change settings for a single set 
of recipients.


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