Re: Reminder On Mailing List Rules

On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:30:03 +0100, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote:

On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 10:25 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:

Hey, Folks;

    Just a gentle reminder after watching things get worse by the day:
it is one of the rules of this and all official php.net mailing lists

that you must not top-post.

    For anyone wondering just one of the reasons why we have this rule

in effect, tab through this thread in the archives:

        http://www.mail-archive.com/php-general@lists.php.net/msg262390.html

    See how disastrous and headache-inducing it looks?  You wouldn't
put code together looking like spaghetti thrown at a wall and smashed

into the carpet, especially knowing your clients and peers would see it, would you? It's a very similar situation here: your every word is being recorded in literally hundreds of places simultaneously, preserved as educational and professional reference material for current and future developers --- and not just in the PHP programming language, but in computer programming in general, as theories lend themselves to apply to other situations as well. Many of you take the time out of your busy schedules to voluntarily impart knowledge on people of varying degrees of skills and abilities, which is beyond commendable; so why not take just a couple of extra seconds to show pride in your participation, lead by example, and continue to set the bar high, rather than simply settling for the quickest Twitter-like "R/T" to a post? ;-P

    The ultimate goal here isn't to start a flame war (or even any

further discussion on the subject for that matter), but to point out that this is a RULE of the official community here, not a PREFERENCE.

    P.S. - Those of you who have been around for years will likely

recall with some fondness the level of respect, participation, and quality of discussions this list once had; the degree of mutual respect and camaraderie was palpable. If you're wondering if those days have really diminished into little more than granular memory, it's not just you --- check the following graph for some rather disturbing evidence:

        http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.php.general

-- </Daniel P. Brown> Network Infrastructure Manager Documentation, Webmaster Teams http://www.php.net/

I always bottom post when I'm replying from my computer, but when on the move or at work, I'm only left with my Android, and the default email client doesn't allow reply positioning of any sort, so it's always top-posting :( Does anyone know of any decent email clients for Android that allow bottom posting that you maybe use or have had experience with?

I use the K-9 mail client on Android. When replying you can edit the quoted message and do bottom posting. Not so convenient as using Thunderbird or Evolution. But it works!

Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk