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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:33 am    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

(If you want to reply to this message, this is not where your reply goes)


Please, for the benefit of anyone reading the archives in search of answers to
a question, when replying to messages on this list, can everyone try to follow
the natural flow of conversation? That is, position your reply *AFTER* the
thing you are replying to, not before it. You may remove quoted material in
order to keep the message size down, but please leave enough of it to preserve
context.

(If you want to reply to a point made in the preceding paragraph, this is
where your reply goes)


If you need to make a point-by-point argument, split up your reply --
inserting artificial paragraph breaks into the quoted material, if necessary --
so each section of your reply follows the point it is addressing.

(If you want to reply to a point made in the preceding paragraph, or the
message as a whole, this is where your reply goes)


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:28 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

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From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Edwards
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:39 PM
To: rwheeler@artifact-software.com; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts

On Thu, 13 Mar 2014, Ron Wheeler wrote:

Quote:
-1
Prefer top posting.

Your preferences are in conflict with the mailing list rules (http://www.asterisk.org/community/discuss), specifically #5.

It has to be all one way or the other. This is an English language list.
Thus, the natural expectation is top to bottom, left to right, answers follow questions.

If Digium does not like my top posting then they can remove me from the mailing list. Your battle is already lost unless Outlook is banned from the mailing list.

This is an example of why I top post. Who wrote what?



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:45 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] on behalf of Eric Wieling [EWieling@nyigc.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:27 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion; rwheeler@artifact-software.com
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts




-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com (asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com)] On Behalf Of Steve Edwards
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:39 PM
To: rwheeler@artifact-software.com; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts

On Thu, 13 Mar 2014, Ron Wheeler wrote:

Quote:
-1
Prefer top posting.

Your preferences are in conflict with the mailing list rules (http://www.asterisk.org/community/discuss), specifically #5.

It has to be all one way or the other. This is an English language list.
Thus, the natural expectation is top to bottom, left to right, answers follow questions.

If Digium does not like my top posting then they can remove me from the mailing list. Your battle is already lost unless Outlook is banned from the mailing list.

This is an example of why I top post. Who wrote what?



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:46 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Terry Brummell
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:44 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion; rwheeler@artifact-software.com
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts





From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com (asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com) [asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] on behalf of Eric Wieling [EWieling@nyigc.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:27 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion; rwheeler@artifact-software.com (rwheeler@artifact-software.com)
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts


-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com (asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com) [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com (asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com)] On Behalf Of Steve Edwards
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:39 PM
To: rwheeler@artifact-software.com (rwheeler@artifact-software.com); Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts

On Thu, 13 Mar 2014, Ron Wheeler wrote:

Quote:
-1
Prefer top posting.

Your preferences are in conflict with the mailing list rules (http://www.asterisk.org/community/discuss), specifically #5.

It has to be all one way or the other. This is an English language list.
Thus, the natural expectation is top to bottom, left to right, answers follow questions.

If Digium does not like my top posting then they can remove me from the mailing list. Your battle is already lost unless Outlook is banned from the mailing list.

This is an example of why I top post. Who wrote what?



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Ditto, bottom posting is from the 90's. We've passed that era.










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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:52 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

After each line of text, please also dip the corner of your keyboard into your ink well to ensure your writing can been seen.



Calling something "natural" because it used to be that way isn't always correct.



-MD-



P.S. Notice how little we see PS in posts...now that we can also edit our own posts before clicking send. Again, just because it used to be doesn't make it right...



P.P.S. This sounds like a fun debate that will go nowhere...




From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com <asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com> on behalf of Matt Hoskins <matt.hoskins@npgco.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:46 PM
To: Asterisk Users List
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts



From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Terry Brummell
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:44 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion; rwheeler@artifact-software.com
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts





From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com (asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com) [asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] on behalf of Eric Wieling [EWieling@nyigc.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:27 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion; rwheeler@artifact-software.com (rwheeler@artifact-software.com)
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts


-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com (asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com) [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com (asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com)] On Behalf Of Steve Edwards
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:39 PM
To: rwheeler@artifact-software.com (rwheeler@artifact-software.com); Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts

On Thu, 13 Mar 2014, Ron Wheeler wrote:

Quote:
-1
Prefer top posting.

Your preferences are in conflict with the mailing list rules (http://www.asterisk.org/community/discuss), specifically #5.

It has to be all one way or the other. This is an English language list.
Thus, the natural expectation is top to bottom, left to right, answers follow questions.

If Digium does not like my top posting then they can remove me from the mailing list. Your battle is already lost unless Outlook is banned from the mailing list.

This is an example of why I top post. Who wrote what?



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:54 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Terry Brummell
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:44 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion; rwheeler@artifact-software.com
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Edwards
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:39 PM
To: rwheeler@artifact-software.com; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts

On Thu, 13 Mar 2014, Ron Wheeler wrote:

Quote:
-1
Prefer top posting.

Your preferences are in conflict with the mailing list rules (http://www.asterisk.org/community/discuss), specifically #5.

It has to be all one way or the other. This is an English language list.
Thus, the natural expectation is top to bottom, left to right, answers follow questions.

If Digium does not like my top posting then they can remove me from the mailing list. Your battle is already lost unless Outlook is banned from the mailing list.

This is an example of why I top post. Who wrote what?

Ditto, bottom posting is from the 90's. We've passed that era.

I bottom posted when I didn't have to use a PoS e-mail client like Outlook. Much like the battle of "sip trunks", the battle for top posting .vs. bottom posting is already lost.

I must admit, this is more fun than I expected. Sort of a treasure hunt of who said what when in the message.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:13 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

On 13/3/14 6:27 pm, Eric Wieling wrote:
Quote:
This is an example of why I top post. Who wrote what?

Of course, if you use a mail client that's capable of quoting correctly,
it all works beautifully.

On 13/3/14 5:13 pm, Ron Wheeler wrote:
Quote:
-1
Prefer top posting.
Easy to see if I want to scroll down to see if it is something
interesting to me.
I get a lot of e-mails each day and scrolling wastes too much time.

You can then also reply to another point here like this: it's as much
about trimming previous posts as about not top posting. New posts should
include just enough context to ensure the message isn't meaningless, but
not quoting a 20+ line irrelevance. That way you see both the question
and the answer without scrolling.

Whilst we're on the subject of mailing lists, I'd like to add my
personal pet rant: MTAs that don't add/honour In-Reply-To headers.
Completely breaks threaded readers.

That is all Smile

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:33 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

Quote:
On 13/3/14 6:27 pm, Eric Wieling wrote:
Quote:
This is an example of why I top post. Who wrote what?

Of course, if you use a mail client that's capable of quoting correctly,
it all works beautifully.


Outlook can quote correctly, but it is an all or nothing setting it would appear. Lotus Notes actually handles it better as there is a Reply option for normal email and a Reply With Internet-Style History that I use for this list. I don't have any problems following the rules of the list, but I am fully on the side of the "Replies should go at the top" group and would vote for a change in the rules.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:08 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

On 3/13/2014 11:33 AM, A J Stiles wrote:
Quote:
If you need to make a point-by-point argument, split up your reply --

a critical piece to this component is proper quoting.

the person replying needs to differentiate between what he is writing
and what is is replying to. notice the > in front of what I am quoting,
above.

in addition, clicking reply, quoting 100 lines, and then adding a 1 line
response is lazy. trim the quotation to what makes sense.

that said, i love a good top-post flame thread, so this should be
interesting to watch. I'll start off by saying the biggest whine i hear
is that "my MUA doesn't support bottom-posting", which holds no water.

i dont care that much, though- i don't waste time on top-posted messages
a nor messages that are quoted stupidly.


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:32 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

Quote:
On 13/3/14 6:27 pm, Eric Wieling wrote:
Quote:
This is an example of why I top post. Who wrote what?

Of course, if you use a mail client that's capable of quoting correctly,
it all works beautifully.


Kevin Larson sez:
Outlook can quote correctly, but it is an all or nothing setting it would appear. Lotus Notes actually handles it better as there is a Reply option for normal email and a Reply With Internet-Style History that I use for this list. I don't have any problems following the rules of the list, but I am fully on the side of the "Replies should go at the top" group and would vote for a change in the rules.

I’ll vote again for top posting, and expect my vote to be recognized “internationally” about as much as the Crimean referendum.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:15 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

Don Kelly wrote:

Quote:
<![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Quote:
On 13/3/14 6:27 pm, Eric Wieling wrote:
Quote:
This is an example of why I top post.   Who wrote what?

Of course, if you use a mail client that's capable of quoting correctly,
it all works beautifully.


Kevin Larson sez:
Outlook can quote correctly, but it is an all or nothing setting it would appear. Lotus Notes actually handles it better as there is a Reply option for normal email and a Reply With Internet-Style History that I use for this list. I don't have any problems following the rules of the list, but I am fully on the side of the "Replies should go at the top" group and would vote for a change in the rules.
 
I’ll vote again for top posting, and expect my vote to be recognized “internationally” about as much as the Crimean referendum.
 
  --Don
 
As an interesting aside, the oft quoted rule #5 didn't exist for many years, until one of these diatribes took place. Then, and only then, was it added and the contention made that it was always there.
Many of the same who continue to carp on top posting are the worst offenders when it comes to trimming the footers that arrive with each message, forcing  the reader to wade through many of these to ( sometimes ) find a reply or maybe, just maybe, an answer. Often it isn't worth the effort to scroll through all the crap to find the pony.

John Novack

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:06 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

On 13/03/2014 9:32 PM, Don Kelly wrote:

Quote:
<![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Quote:
On 13/3/14 6:27 pm, Eric Wieling wrote:
Quote:
This is an example of why I top post. Who wrote what?

Of course, if you use a mail client that's capable of quoting correctly,
it all works beautifully.


Kevin Larson sez:
Outlook can quote correctly, but it is an all or nothing setting it would appear. Lotus Notes actually handles it better as there is a Reply option for normal email and a Reply With Internet-Style History that I use for this list. I don't have any problems following the rules of the list, but I am fully on the side of the "Replies should go at the top" group and would vote for a change in the rules.

I’ll vote again for top posting, and expect my vote to be recognized “internationally” about as much as the Crimean referendum.

But the Russians will get to keep Crimea so don't worry too much about our preference for top posting.
In the long run.....

Quote:



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:52 am    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

On Thu, March 13, 2014 15:32, Kevin Larsen wrote:
Quote:
Quote:
On 13/3/14 6:27 pm, Eric Wieling wrote:
Quote:
This is an example of why I top post. Who wrote what?


+1-1 = 0

I do not care about where people put their replies so long as I can figure out
who is answering what. What I do not like to read is this interminable
religious dogma about the 'natural' order of writing. This is the second or
third list this week in which this B.S. has shown up in my inbox.

In written business communication, in contrast to tech-speak customarily found
on mailing lists, ones answer always goes before any quoted context. Not
because it has to, it is just that I have seldom, if ever, seen it done any
other way. And regular business communication with non-technical folk
comprises well over 75% of my daily written communication.

And while I understand the cultural motivation behind the dogma of bottom
posting I remain sceptical respecting its utility. Is there any objective
evidence whatsoever that top or bottom posting makes any difference to the
reader's understanding of the message? Does any rigorously determined data
exist to support that contention? If not then this is simply a matter of
trying to impose a set of arbitrary cultural values cloaked in the guise of
technical superiority.


Quote:
Quote:
Of course, if you use a mail client that's capable of quoting correctly,

Quote:
it all works beautifully.


Outlook can quote correctly, but it is an all or nothing setting it would
appear. Lotus Notes actually handles it better as there is a Reply option
for normal email and a Reply With Internet-Style History that I use for
this list. I don't have any problems following the rules of the list, but
I am fully on the side of the "Replies should go at the top" group and
would vote for a change in the rules.



And do not even start on the Chevy vs. Ford debate respecting the technical
superiority of Pine over Outlook. GAWD... Life its too short as it is.


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:15 am    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

If the sequence was really important, we would just move this whole list
to a LinkedIn group and have a much better environment for following
threads and managing the profiles of the group's members.
This is a pretty old system of managing peer support but it always takes
a while to get legacy systems replaced.

Ron

On 14/03/2014 9:52 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
Quote:
On Thu, March 13, 2014 15:32, Kevin Larsen wrote:
Quote:
Quote:
On 13/3/14 6:27 pm, Eric Wieling wrote:
Quote:
This is an example of why I top post. Who wrote what?
+1-1 = 0

I do not care about where people put their replies so long as I can figure out
who is answering what. What I do not like to read is this interminable
religious dogma about the 'natural' order of writing. This is the second or
third list this week in which this B.S. has shown up in my inbox.

In written business communication, in contrast to tech-speak customarily found
on mailing lists, ones answer always goes before any quoted context. Not
because it has to, it is just that I have seldom, if ever, seen it done any
other way. And regular business communication with non-technical folk
comprises well over 75% of my daily written communication.

And while I understand the cultural motivation behind the dogma of bottom
posting I remain sceptical respecting its utility. Is there any objective
evidence whatsoever that top or bottom posting makes any difference to the
reader's understanding of the message? Does any rigorously determined data
exist to support that contention? If not then this is simply a matter of
trying to impose a set of arbitrary cultural values cloaked in the guise of
technical superiority.


Quote:
Quote:
Of course, if you use a mail client that's capable of quoting correctly,
it all works beautifully.

Outlook can quote correctly, but it is an all or nothing setting it would
appear. Lotus Notes actually handles it better as there is a Reply option
for normal email and a Reply With Internet-Style History that I use for
this list. I don't have any problems following the rules of the list, but
I am fully on the side of the "Replies should go at the top" group and
would vote for a change in the rules.


And do not even start on the Chevy vs. Ford debate respecting the technical
superiority of Pine over Outlook. GAWD... Life its too short as it is.




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PostPosted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:35 pm    Post subject: [asterisk-users] Replying to Posts Reply with quote

On 03/13/2014 01:13 PM, Ron Wheeler wrote:
Quote:
-1
Prefer top posting.
Easy to see if I want to scroll down to see if it is something
interesting to me.
I get a lot of e-mails each day and scrolling wastes too much time.

But if you have a solution to a problem that I raise, please feel free
to post it anywhere you like.


On 13/03/2014 11:33 AM, A J Stiles wrote:
Quote:
(If you want to reply to this message, this is not where your reply
goes)


Please, for the benefit of anyone reading the archives in search of
answers to
a question, when replying to messages on this list, can everyone try
to follow
the natural flow of conversation? That is, position your reply
*AFTER* the
thing you are replying to, not before it. You may remove quoted
material in
order to keep the message size down, but please leave enough of it to
preserve
context.

(If you want to reply to a point made in the preceding paragraph,
this is
where your reply goes)


If you need to make a point-by-point argument, split up your reply --
inserting artificial paragraph breaks into the quoted material, if
necessary --
so each section of your reply follows the point it is addressing.

(If you want to reply to a point made in the preceding paragraph, or the
message as a whole, this is where your reply goes)




This war comes up often, too often! Good manors are becoming a thing of
the past and this is a sad thing in my opinion. It has been my
experience that most people on this list prefer the older tried and
tested method of bottom posting. Makes it better for people who find
the post later while googleing a problem they are having. Question
before answers. If you feel that you do not have enough time to take
the 1 maybe two seconds to scroll to the bottom of a post, you are way
to busty and need to re-prioritize you activities. Obviously this is
just my opinion, take or leave it, your choice.
Thank You,
JohnM


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