On 23/07/15 20:10, Jon Paris wrote:
Anyway - thanks again. You’re the first “friendly face” I’ve encountered here.
Hi Jon, that slightly worries me as list moderator.
Can you explain what you mean (off list if you prefer).
You received many answers to your original query and
none of them seem
On 7/23/2015 5:08 PM, Alan Gauld wrote:
On 23/07/15 19:50, Laura Creighton wrote:
Also some people like to use the combination %< %< %< or >% >% >%
A new one on me, but I kind of like it. ;-)
I usually just use
I include them generally to bracket code intended to be cut and paste
into t
On 23/07/15 15:54, Jon Paris wrote:
I’ve been posting to many different sites for twenty plus years
> and never had this kind of complaint.
It's not really a complaint from me, I was just explaining Mark's
comment. When I was working (now semi-retired) it did drive me nuts
because with 200-3
On 23/07/15 19:50, Laura Creighton wrote:
Also some people like to use the combination %< %< %< or >% >% >%
A new one on me, but I kind of like it. ;-)
I usually just use
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On Jul 23, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:10:14 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>>> You may find this program useful.
>>> http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/40735/href=%27
>>>
>>> But you still have to go back and trim out unnecessary verbiage.
>>>
>>> Lau
On Jul 23, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:23:29 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>
>> Well I confess that is what I was expecting, and certainly you have been
>> very friendly for which I thank you. It did feel a little odd to come to a
>> beginners gr
On Jul 23, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:10:14 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>>
>> Thanks for the info Laura - I don’t think I can use it though unless it
>> provides for activation against only one email account. For the vast
>> majority of my mail
On Jul 23, 2015, at 2:55 PM, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:54:09 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>> I’ve been posting to many different sites for twenty plus years and never
>> had this kind of complaint. I can’t even find a way of telling my email
>> client (Mac) to do
In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:10:14 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>> You may find this program useful.
>> http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/40735/href=%27
>>
>> But you still have to go back and trim out unnecessary verbiage.
>>
>> Laura
>
>Thanks for the info Laura - I don’t think I can use it t
In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:23:29 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>Well I confess that is what I was expecting, and certainly you have been very
>friendly for which I thank you. It did feel a little odd to come to a
>beginners group and immediately get dumped on.
>
>C’est la via. I have now fou
In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:10:14 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>
>Thanks for the info Laura - I don’t think I can use it though unless it
>provides for activation against only one email account. For the vast majority
>of my mail (this is my only usenet type group) I need it the “normal” way.
In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:54:09 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>I’ve been posting to many different sites for twenty plus years and never had
>this kind of complaint. I can’t even find a way of telling my email client
>(Mac) to do it the way you want. Right now I’m manually changing every
>r
In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:55:13 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>On Jul 23, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> In these sorts of technical forums, email is a discussion between
>> multiple parties, not just two, often in slow motion (sometimes replies
>> may not come in for a wee
On Jul 23, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:59:22 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>> I am not familiar with the term “top post” - I’m guessing you mean that my
>> reply came before your original message.
>>
>> My email does it that way because that is my
On Jul 23, 2015, at 10:18 AM, Alan Gauld wrote:
> On 23/07/15 14:59, Jon Paris wrote:
>
>> I am not familiar with the term “top post”
>
> See this wikipedia article which describes in detail all the
> alternatives along with their relative merits.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_sty
On Jul 23, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 09:59:22AM -0400, Jon Paris wrote:
>
>> I am not familiar with the term “top post” - I’m guessing you mean
>> that my reply came before your original message.
>
> Yes, it means "post at the top". Hence, "top post".
In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:59:22 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>I am not familiar with the term “top post” - I’m guessing you mean that my
>reply came before your original message.
>
>My email does it that way because that is my preference - and for that matter
>most people I do business wit
On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 09:59:22AM -0400, Jon Paris wrote:
> I am not familiar with the term “top post” - I’m guessing you mean
> that my reply came before your original message.
Yes, it means "post at the top". Hence, "top post".
A: Because it messes up the order in which you read.
Q: Why is t
On 23/07/15 14:59, Jon Paris wrote:
I am not familiar with the term “top post”
See this wikipedia article which describes in detail all the
alternatives along with their relative merits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
including this commonly seen example:
Because it messes up t
On Jul 22, 2015, at 5:31 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 22/07/2015 15:16, Jon Paris wrote:
>> Yup - the “xxx_todo_changeme” was the part that I meant.
>>
>> That might not constitute a “problem” for you but, for someone just starting
>> out, exactly what is needed to correct it was not obvious.
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