List etiquette question

ghod ghod at rcn.com
Sat Nov 20 13:57:34 UTC 2004


Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:

>On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 10:06 -0500, Leonard Isham wrote:
>  
>
>>To put it bluntly you are much more likely to get a kinder, gentler,
>>more accurate and helpful response if you don't top post.
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Leonard puts it well.
>
>I try to help people who top-post only if it looks like they recently
>came this way from MS-land and don't know any better. Those who say
>"that's how I like it, blow smoke" are not going to get any help at all.
>This is a *community*, and no one has any obligation to help anyone
>else. People who don't follow local custom aren't going to get along
>with the rest very well.
>
>Drive on the side of the road which is accepted where you are. How or
>where you drive at home is irrelevant, and insisting that "your
>way" (whatever that may be) is how you want everyone else to be is going
>to get you run over by a truck.
>
>Cheers,
>
>  
>
Leonard is wrong and you are as well.
all of the people that TOP post need more help, since NEW questions 
should be in a NEW post
instead of resuing a old thread

Ghod
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