Re: Cut your tails
From: Beverly Jones Redekop (beverly.jones.redekopgmail.com)
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 15:45:10 -0700 (PDT)
We have a resident whose computer program adds "re" to the subject line of
any email he replies to.  Therefore, we can have a thread of fifteen
messages replying to a subject such as "Community Internet," and there will
be a separate thread from him "Re: Community Internet."  I keep expecting
to get used to it and find it less jarring...but not yet!

On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 at 10:56 Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hello again!
>
> Since Bob added a pet peeve to Jude’s request to trim tails … I have
> several around the issue of trimming tails:
>
> People who trim waaaay too much of the tail or worse trim all of it or
> start a new thread instead of reply to the thread in progress.
>
> And, Bob, I’m not sure my mail program allows “bottom posting” — I’ll
> check it out.  Frankly I like the most recent post to be at the top.  You
> can always read from the bottom up …  Maybe we should have some standard
> way of posting.  Otherwise some emails will read bottom up and others top
> down.  That would make me dizzy …
>
> Best --
>
> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, DC
> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
> Falls Church, VA
> 202.546.4654 <(202)%20546-4654>
>
> As long as you have two or fewer … your ducks are always in a row.  The
> Covert Comic
>
>
>
> > On Sep 8, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Bob <bobleigh [at] twomeeps.com> wrote:
> >
> > The need to cut tails parallels the prevalence of "top-posting": putting
> one's reply above rather than below the quoted text. For some, it's an old
> pet peeve. I see it as a matter of changing taste.
> >
> > Bob
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