From clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net Sun Dec 18 19:04:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: list@krisma.oltrelinux.com Delivered-To: list@krisma.oltrelinux.com Received: from aj.catt.com (aj.catt.com [64.18.103.6]) by mail.oltrelinux.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0783F11AE4D for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:04:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from aj.catt.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aj.catt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75A9B1560D1; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:03:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.202]) by aj.catt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0469A1560C2 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:03:43 -0500 (EST) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i26so649996wxd for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 10:03:42 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DkLDxG2U+a/i04qhB0zUR2P8msAB698sAoH0oegnlQfufQ9lwyx+c5Ktn9IrMrQVcS0AvEHt3zRAGvEOR/KQHcj7sm4lCzRf2sfJ6KzeJup+Y33jl9Wv9kZifIJbzDgVliqofTcRXeTj6+OfYrTKbjPezNKGlVV7t1ShL67uG7w= Received: by 10.70.24.17 with SMTP id 17mr3508827wxx; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 10:03:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.13? ( [24.240.25.13]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h14sm8670119wxd.2005.12.18.10.03.41; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 10:03:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43A5A478.9030809@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:03:36 -0500 From: Joe Polk User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Macintosh/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ClamAV users ML Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] [OT] Top posting is harmful. (Was: Clamd Problem.) References: <43ea8d070512170148j199f1f49i@mail.gmail.com> <43A435BA.8080206@telkom.net.id> <80D86E2B-399C-4B3F-B4C6-789EA69542A4@daleenterprise.com> <200512172314.10947.kitchen@scriptkitchen.com> <43A582EA.5010407@gmail.com> <20051218173333.5bf5fd05@peterson.fenrir.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20051218173333.5bf5fd05@peterson.fenrir.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ClamAV users ML List-Id: ClamAV users ML List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net Errors-To: clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at krisma.oltrelinux.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 tagged_above=-999.0 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_50, RCVD_BY_IP X-Spam-Level: Brian Morrison wrote: >They place the cursor at the top to encourage the trimming of the >quoted material, not so that people can just start typing merrily away >without formatting their post correctly. > >The really bad ones also place the sig above the quoted material and >make people think that they should start typing there. The 'natural >order of email clients', as you put it, existed long before a certain >company flooded the market with a client that exposed newcomers to >these bad habits before they had learned from the old-timers the >sensible way of doing things that had been around since the dawn of >email. > > > I seriously doubt the cursur is placed there to encourage trimming. It really doesn't matter. My point is, the idea that this is a "harmful" problem is rediculous. Is it aggrevating, yes. Annoying? Probably. Harmful? If this is harmful to anyone they need some serious therapy. <> _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html