From: Sean Russell <ser@...>
Date: 2002-01-11T14:03:48+09:00
Subject: RE: The Ruby Way

Mark Hahn wrote:

> 
>>  Include quoted text from previous posts  *BEFORE* your responses.
.... 
> Is the kind of response in this message legal?

Perfectly legal, because there isn't really any illegal posting rules.  It 
just isn't good form.

Usually, it is considered most considerate to quote before because it is 
easier for people to get context.  Further, it encourages you to 
quote/cut/reply/quote/cut/reply... so that the context is mixed in to the 
message, and you aren't just spam quoting the entire previous message, much 
of which is often irrelevant.

> But outlook, eudora, cc:mail, and every mailer I've ever used puts the
> previous text after the response.  I don't know of any way to change this.

I am probably going to come across as an ABM, but Windows emailers have a 
tendancy to be bass-ackwards in general.  It isn't your fault.

Nearly all, if not all, /(Li|U)n[ui]x/ mailers append quotes before the 
message, and many of these mailers existed before Windows did.

Waaay off topic.

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