From clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net Mon Dec 19 06:40:26 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 71C3911AE91 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 06:40:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from aj.catt.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aj.catt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA4B115615A; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:40:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.envyfinancial.com (unknown [206.248.142.186]) by aj.catt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 896ED10CEA0 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:39:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.envyfinancial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mark.mielke.cc [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05359-07 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:39:33 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail.envyfinancial.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 19CE71C159; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:39:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:39:33 -0500 From: mark@mark.mielke.cc To: ClamAV users ML Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] [OT] Top posting is harmful. (Was: Clamd Problem.) Message-ID: <20051219053933.GA5821@mark.mielke.cc> References: <43ea8d070512170148j199f1f49i@mail.gmail.com> <20051218185855.GA31431@wjjeep.com> <43A5B4AA.8050408@gmail.com> <200512182015.41834.kitchen@scriptkitchen.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200512182015.41834.kitchen@scriptkitchen.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i 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=0.0 tagged_above=-999.0 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_50, NO_REAL_NAME X-Spam-Level: On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 08:15:37PM -0800, Jeremy Kitchen wrote: > it clearly is harmful. the mistaken email (which, I have decreed, > would have been avoided had the user not top-posted) spent > approximately 25MB of the list server's bandwidth (assuming there > are about 5k subscribers to the list) Compare it to the size of the thread that resulted, including your message above, and my message here. Then compare it to the size of the message, had it not been top posted, and yet quoted the correct text. > I am a firm believer in that all of the world's (and the internet's) > problems can be solved by education. Sure, I could let you shoot > yourself in the foot, but that bullet might ricochet and hit me, so > it's in my best interests to pull the gun out of your hand. In this case, nobody is being killed, and a small hill has been turned into a volcano. Great job. The world is a better place now, with all the education being passed around in an encouraging and constructive fashion. Cheers, mark -- mark@mielke.cc / markm@ncf.ca / markm@nortel.com __________________________ . . _ ._ . . .__ . . ._. .__ . . . .__ | Neighbourhood Coder |\/| |_| |_| |/ |_ |\/| | |_ | |/ |_ | | | | | | \ | \ |__ . | | .|. |__ |__ | \ |__ | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them... http://mark.mielke.cc/ _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html