Who reads their email the most Classically?

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Thu Aug 16 08:52:26 2001

I suppose I could route my email to my plotter and have it scrawl the stuff with
a pencil point ... but why?

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason McBrien" <jbmcb_at_hotmail.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: Who reads their email the most Classically?


> I read my mail by cat'ing the mail spool file to a line printer. Is that
> classical enough?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kent Borg" <kentborg_at_borg.org>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 8:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Who reads their email the most Classically?
>
>
> > On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 06:09:51PM -0700, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> > > > >Sridhar, REPLY BELOW THE MESSAGES YOU QUOTE.
> > >
> > > > Iggy, SOME PEOPLE PREFER THAT THE NEW STUFF COME AT THE TOP.
> > >
> > > I thought it was more or less a de facto standard to top-quote.
> >
> > It depends. If one is blindly copying the entire previous message (or
> > worse, entire message thread), it is better to put all that garbage at
> > the bottom of the new message so the reader can easily ignore such
> > chaff. (Can you tell I have a bias?)
> >
> > I am of the school of thought that figures the only reason for quoting
> > previous content is to provide context so the new message will make
> > sense. Following this reasoning, the context should be established
> > first. HOWEVER, it is very important to trim the quote so that it
> > only provides enough context and doesn't go overboard and turn into
> > spam. Ever seen the TV program "The West Wing"? They start most
> > programs with a short "previously on The West Wing..."-bit. It comes
> > first (so the following program will make sense) and it is shorter
> > than the new program (even though it covers more territory--the idea
> > is that it be the new stuff that is important).
> >
> > It is also important to make clear what is what. I have seen messages
> > where the new material is apparently marked off with quoting
> > characters. I don't know how that happens.
> >
> > Remember, the goal is to communicate--and to be clear even.
> >
> >
> > -kb, the normally liberal Kent who was nevertheless ~rather~ fond of
> > that fascist feature in "rn" that refused to make a usenet posting
> > that had more quoted material than new material.
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Thu Aug 16 2001 - 08:52:26 BST