Threadtiquette

Jeff Wilson · 07 Jan 2011, 03:04 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:04:48 -0600
Subject: (urth) Threadtiquette
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	<4D26691E.7090209 at verizon.net>
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On 1/6/2011 7:15 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> That may well be, but I have 2 settings on Thunderbird: Above and Below.

*groan* What may well be?

As for the Above and Below settings, it doesn't fix the cursor in place, 
does it? You can begin with the cursor either place and still direct it 
to the appropriate interstitial locations as needed.

> On 1/6/2011 5:56 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> From: "DAVID STOCKHOFF"<dstockhoff at verizon.net>
>>> If only interleaving were so easy. I try to do it but Webmail makes it
>>> difficult and Thunderbird isn't much better.
>> I'm doing it in Webmail right now. If Thunderbird is set up properly, it
>> is not difficult and I do it as often as a dozen times a day with minimal
>> effort.
> And I almost never use Thunderbird on this forum, since it stays at
> home. My Webmail is crap. Sorry!

Your headers indicate you are using Yahoo Mail Classic, right? If you go 
to Options | Mail Options and set Mode to "Compose Messages as Plain 
Text", you can skip to the bottom and reply beneath the lowest > fairly 
easily.


>>> I sometimes resort to dashes,
>>> and I hope that is effective.
>>> Of course, I top-post because I am using email, and top-posting is best
>>> for email, where I don't need to read my own question before I read the
>>> response.
>> This is only true when you never have more than one outstanding exchange
>> per correspondent-subject, they are not shared outside of exclusive
>> correspondent pairs, and exchanges are returned within the most reliable
>> short term memory time-frame.
>>
> I'd say it's true about half the time. No single model covers all cases.

And indeed, you would not be expected to observe the same model in your 
private correspondence as in your intercourse with an open mailing list, 
any more than you would need to remain dressed to community standards in 
your own bedroom.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
< http://www.tamut.edu/CIL >

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