[nzlug] top posting, quoting

[Mark Foster]

> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:20 AM, Craig Box <craig at dubculture.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
>>
>> Outlook (pre-2007) users are reminded about
>> http://jump.to/outlook-quotefix, or for Outlook Express,
>> http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/.
>
> As an outlook user at the office I thank you for pointing out this
> program! I am using it now (not on this message which is gmailed, but
> on my office stuff)

Nice for people who have permission to install their own addons. Most
people forced to use MS Outlook also are stuck with a 'COE' or Consistent
Office Environment which forces a particular software suite onto their
desktops and forbids addition of additional software.

(In which case I encourage the use of a personal, web based mail account
for use on mailing lists.)


>> (With increases in bandwidth and message processing technology, some
>> of the reasons for the rules are being lost in time, especially to
>> people who grew up with forums and believe mailing lists to be the
>> same.  For example, it used to be frowned upon to have an 8-line
>> signature on a 4-line message :-)
>>
>
> Still should be banned, longer sigs tend to be either advertising or a
> threat of castration for wrongful use of the message, both of which
> are superfluous on a mailing list (IMHO).

I rarely use my signature on mailing lists these days.
A previous employer is referenced in signatures that've since been
archived by Google, and caused my former manager no end of grief as I kept
being an early hin in search results for his company....