Mailing List Etiquette was freebsd vs. netbsd

[Michael Schuster]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 17:17 Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:14 AM Michael Schuster <
> michaelsprivate at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 17:02 Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:49 AM Michael Schuster <
>>> michaelsprivate at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 15:21 Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:11 AM RW via freebsd-questions <
>>>> > freebsd-questions at freebsd.org> wrote:
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>>>> > > You can use gmail with a separate email client if you like. The
>>>> > > servers support pop/imap/smtp.
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>>>> > Case in point I use gmail not because of its ease of use per se (even
>>>> > though it is better then most standalone MUA's) I use it because it
>>>> is an
>>>> > off-site backup of years worth of correspondence that is too valuable
>>>> to
>>>> > worry about losing in a hardware failure.
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>>>> You can configure most email clients to leave messages on the server...
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>>> Why make a system with many moving parts one I can make one just as good
>>> with one moving part?  I think in some areas this would be called
>>> complicating the crap out of an ant hill.    I really think most people if
>>> given the option (and equal functionality) would go for the fewest moving
>>> parts (given Murphy that is).   For what I need and want gmail has all the
>>> functionality I want so why add complexity when none is needed?
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>> If it works for you, that's fine. For others, something else may work
>> better. I don't believe this is a "one size fits all" situation.
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> So if you (again the royal you not you personally) don't believe in size
> fits all then why all this fuss about top posting?   Shouldn't we allow
> people to communicate in the style/format they find most comfortable
> without judgement?
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Don't turn around my words :-) I was responding to the email client issue,
not to the "top or bottom posting" issue.

Cheers
Michael