Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Sid Arth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ahh you will have to excuse me, but what exactly is top posting and > what do you mean by trimming? > Ill try to fix it myself if I can. > > On 9/26/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:50PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > > >

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Sid Arth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ahh you will have to excuse me, but what exactly is top posting and > what do you mean by trimming? > Ill try to fix it myself if I can. > > On 9/26/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:50PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > > >

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 01:11:32AM -0400, Eric d'Alibut wrote: > > And I'm much too lazy to bother using a newsreader for anything other > news. What is it with you guys and newsreaders? Ick. You are going to have to try harder than that to get the Gnus users to bite. :-) -- Chris. == --

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-27 Thread s. keeling
Sid Arth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ahh you will have to excuse me, but what exactly is top posting and > what do you mean by trimming? > Ill try to fix it myself if I can. > > On 9/26/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:50PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > > >

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 07:50:06PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > I think trimming means keeping sideburns at an acceptably trimmed level > until lamb chops are back in style, for males. Females shall keep their > runways appropriately devoid of any shoulder dandelion weeds. If that's a joke I do

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-26 Thread Sid Arth
Kumar Appaiah wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 05:59:12PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: Ahh you will have to excuse me, but what exactly is top posting and what do you mean by trimming? Ill try to fix it myself if I can. It's easy to get over it. Just look at the top posted and bottom posted me

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-26 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 05:59:12PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > Ahh you will have to excuse me, but what exactly is top posting and > what do you mean by trimming? > Ill try to fix it myself if I can. It's easy to get over it. Just look at the top posted and bottom posted messages here and see for you

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-26 Thread Nick Lidakis
Sid Arth wrote: Ahh you will have to excuse me, but what exactly is top posting and what do you mean by trimming? Ill try to fix it myself if I can. On 9/26/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:50PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: or any other email clien

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-26 Thread Sid Arth
Ahh you will have to excuse me, but what exactly is top posting and what do you mean by trimming? Ill try to fix it myself if I can. On 9/26/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:50PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > > > or any other email client. Those two do every

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:50PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > or any other email client. Those two do everything I need them to do. Apparently they don't do any automatic proper email formating (no top-posting and proper trimming). You still have to do that yourself! Regards, Andrei P.S. Sorry

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-25 Thread Sid Arth
I still use gmail because I can access it everywhere, and if I use it with google reader, I have no need for a something such as thunderbird or any other email client. Those two do everything I need them to do. On 9/25/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:06:38 -0400 > "

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-25 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:06:38 -0400 "Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/25/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:38:29 -0400 > > "Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For me, it's a matter of all clients sucking. Gmail gives me the > > > google

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-25 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:07:19 -0400 > Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Being super lazy by nature, I count the number of key strokes to achieve >> the end result. If you are using knode all it takes is one key stroke - >> 'r'. Comparing that to your method count

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-25 Thread Michael Marsh
On 9/25/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:38:29 -0400 > "Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For me, it's a matter of all clients sucking. Gmail gives me the > > google search algorithm over my mailbox, google talk in the sidebar > > (not used often, but ver

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-25 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:38:29 -0400 "Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/25/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you're able to run client software (i.e. you're on your own system, > > not on some possibly locked down public one), why not just use your > > favorite proper emai

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-25 Thread Michael Marsh
On 9/25/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're able to run client software (i.e. you're on your own system, > not on some possibly locked down public one), why not just use your > favorite proper email client? For me, it's a matter of all clients sucking. Gmail gives me the google sea

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-25 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:07:19 -0400 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric d'Alibut wrote: > > > On 9/24/07, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> gmail currently does not have a reply-to-list feature so replying (only) > >> to the list is a bit pain. > > > >

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-25 Thread Michael Marsh
On 9/24/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:48:37PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > > I was wondering how to reply to a message but in a way so everybody in > > the list gets it, but without starting a whole new thread. > As far as I know (I don't use the web interfa

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-24 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On 9/25/07, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Being super lazy by nature, I count the number of key strokes to achieve the > end result. If you are using knode all it takes is one key stroke - 'r'. > Comparing that to your method counts as a pain in my dictionary :-) And I'm much

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-24 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On 9/25/07, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hit reply. If it's a new question, post to a new thread. Your new > question deserves its own thread. If you're replying to an existing > thread, reply ought to do it, barring serious breakage of standeards > by your newsreader. What newsread

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-24 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Eric d'Alibut wrote: > On 9/24/07, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> gmail currently does not have a reply-to-list feature so replying (only) >> to the list is a bit pain. > > I just hit 'reply,' delete the poster's email, and then start to type > d-e-b and gmail pops up a li

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-24 Thread s. keeling
Sid Arth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Im sorry if this isnt the best place to voice such a question, but I Perfect place. > am a bit new to mailing lists and so on. I was wondering how to > reply to a message but in a way so everybody in the list gets it, > but without starting a whole new thread.

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-24 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On 9/24/07, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gmail currently does not have a reply-to-list feature so replying (only) to > the list is a bit pain. I just hit 'reply,' delete the poster's email, and then start to type d-e-b and gmail pops up a list in which I select [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-24 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Sid Arth wrote: > Im sorry if this isnt the best place to voice such a question, but I > am a bit new to mailing lists and so on. > I was wondering how to reply to a message but in a way so everybody in > the list gets it, but without starting a whole new thread. > I am a gmail user so if this que

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-24 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:21:14 -0400 Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:18:03 +0300 > Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:48:37PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > > > Im sorry if this isnt the best place to voice such a question, but I > > > a

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-24 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:18:03 +0300 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:48:37PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > > Im sorry if this isnt the best place to voice such a question, but I > > am a bit new to mailing lists and so on. > > I was wondering how to reply to a messa

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-24 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:48:37PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > Im sorry if this isnt the best place to voice such a question, but I > am a bit new to mailing lists and so on. > I was wondering how to reply to a message but in a way so everybody in > the list gets it, but without starting a whole new t