Technomage, you might try a dedicated command line news reader to
better consume PLUG emails in audio - ask Dennis about some of the
alternatives.
do you use Emacs for your speech tool?
The reason for bottom posting is made at the bottom of this email -
you can skip that.
Ed
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Mark Phillips
<
mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> How does one get gmail to "prune the excess"? I have tried highlighting just
> the lines I want to quote and then clicking on reply, but I get the entire
> message and all the history. Do I have to manually delete all the lines I
> don't want in each reply?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This Has been turned into a heated debate twice here since i was on
>> list, I prefer top post with relevant information added below, trimmed
>> if excessive. But thats just me.
>>
>> there are many on list that would heatedly argue for a bottom post so
>> they have the history first. who knows. I have liked how Gmail can
>> prune the excess for me.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:12 PM, John <jharitos@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > I like top posting myself but some lists will run you off for top
>> > posting so I just bottom post to be on the safe side.
>> >
>> > --- On Thu, 8/12/10, Technomage_Hawke <technomage.hawke@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: Technomage_Hawke <technomage.hawke@gmail.com>
>> >> Subject: request you top post please
>> >> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>> >> Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 7:47 PM
>> >> I know we've had this discussion
>> >> before but I need to ask again.
>> >>
>> >> will you folks at least top post your replies. I find it
>> >> difficult yo go through all those replies to get to the
>> >> response at the bottom. If you think I am kidding, please
>> >> imagine yourself either reading this list by braille or
>> >> listening to it by text to speech. believe me, 2 or 3
>> >> replies deep with the plug advertisement in between gets old
>> >> fast.
>> >>
>> >> Believe me, I don't make this request lightly. I had recent
>> >> changes in what was left of my eyesight, thus making it
>> >> impossible for me to even read large print. before I would
>> >> work around this problem by skimming. I can't do that
>> >> anymore. I have to depend on speech for now until I get
>> >> braille trained.
>> >>
Top posting is done in the business world because business emails only
get reviewed by lawyers.
Lists that may be reviewed for technical insight, or to understand a
problem should be bottom posted so that the sequence of
question-refinement-answer-confimation is preserved.
PLUG is nominally a technical list - so post as you wish, just know
that when you are scolded, you earned it. btw trimming email cruft is
appreciated.
The ability to filter on posting style does not (yet) exist in an
email client - ymmv
and yes gmail makes a bottom posted sequence of emails very readable -
with little kbrd/mouse
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