[Coco] Etiquette Question

[K. Pruitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gene heskett" <gheskett at wdtv.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Etiquette Question



> On Monday, March 19, 2012 03:44:42 AM K. Pruitt did opine:

>

>> What is the proper posting format for this mailing list?  I see both top

>> posting and bottom posting going on.  I am in the habit of responding to

>> email by top posting (since the recipient already knows what they wrote)

>> and when posting on Usenet, etc., I bottom post (so that the reader can

>> more easily follow the conversation).  I'm not so sure what the proper

>> etiquette is for posting to a mailing list which is email-based so I

>> figured I'd just ask.

>>

>> Is there a majority preference here?

>

> Generally we prefer either mixed, where you insert your reply where

> appropriate, or bottom.  Top posting, because the answers are generally

> before the question, is I think ok for PM's, but when the whole list is

> reading, the equivalent of standing by listening to a conversation, then I

> personally prefer mixed as its much easier to "follow" the conversation.

>

> If your email agent doesn't snip sigs, its a good idea to snip them

> yourself.  Ditto excessive copies of the list subscription lines.  sigs 

> are

> generally defined as anything below the \n-- \n

>

>

> Cheers, Gene


Thanks.