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[2001:470:1f1c:a0::2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o4sm7291824wmq.31.2021.11.24.15.02.53 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:02:53 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------esqywocPf0B1nsjyVpZsYyYM" Message-ID: <7159a539-d578-aebf-504c-a9741900196f@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 23:02:56 +0000 List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.0 Subject: Re: Top posting Content-Language: en-GB To: FreeBSD Hackers References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <8483eae3-3ee2-1548-8786-42bb96d4937a@gmail.com> From: Graham Perrin In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4HzxPC4cywz3KLc X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=PsDV0asz; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of grahamperrin@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4864:20::436 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=grahamperrin@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20210112]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::436:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: Y This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------esqywocPf0B1nsjyVpZsYyYM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 24/11/2021 22:46, Michael Schuster wrote: > … trimming what you're quoting … +1 Trim/abbreviate (…), but not so much that there's _no_ at-a-glance context. > > (4) I am a subscriber of many mailing lists . > > > This is precisely where in my opinion bottom posting shines: if done > properly, I have context immediately without having to first scroll > past the new message and then back up. I find it much more natural > than top posting. I, too, subscribe to many lists. The bottom posting convention is always greatly appreciated. --------------esqywocPf0B1nsjyVpZsYyYM--