On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Akemi Yagi wrote:

> Here is a rather "neutral" view on the "top post vs bottom post" subject.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style

 	Andrew Marvell would call that a fine and public site (if, I 
fear, just a tad tedious); but I have two suggestions, one helpful 
and one more so.

 	Always lead out trump: if the listowner(s)/moderator(s) will 
consent, the list could be ported to Gmane. Then all who wish 
(particularly those of us without the time or the taste for 
formalistic if not ritual disputations) can point our newsreaders to 
news.gmane.org, thereby obviating all but what each chooses to 
follow.

 	Pending that, since fnal.gov affords us the use of Listserv 
itself, we can send the command "SET scientific-linux-users INDEX" 
(without quotes, and *please* to <[log in to unmask]> and 
not, repeat *not* to the list.

 	This is a woefully under-appreciated option, which afaik 
only Listserv itself offers. (Oh, how I wish Mailman, or any list 
software I could run would get it!)

 	The software sends you, not all the messages, but a list or 
them, with the posters' names. You reply, with your normal reply 
function (Again, to <[log in to unmask]>, *not* to the 
list!), after editing the list down to just those posts you wish to 
see. The server returns just those.

 	This saves even more aggravation than time. Prithee do not 
ask how I know.

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