On 2011/07/02 17:55, Thomas Bendler wrote:
> Hi JR,
>
> 2011/7/3 JR van Rensburg <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>
>     [...]
>     Ah, but you have to admit it got everyone's juices flowing - I've never
>
>
> no question about it, I only mentioned that there are some rules the
> community wrote down several years ago to ease the way of communication and
> that this work for decades.
>
>     seen a thread attract so much traffic in such a short space of time. ;)
>
>
> As I said, I already participate in several news groups back in mid of the
> 1990s and I can confirm, the discussions about the correct way of replaying
> to a message was already part of the discussions in this time. And the
> discussion was much more emotional than the mails here on the list ;).
>
>     Perhaps it was seen as a welcome break and a thread to let off steam on
>     all sides of the argument, something a list server was not designed to
>     do.
>
>
> That's a good point, let's go back to technical problems and solutions :).
>
> Regards, Thomas

The big thing, Thomas, is I am not a machine. And to me the RFC you cite
means nothing. Humans are too erratic to abide by some silly RFC that
declares how they MUST post.

I also note that blogs work top posting mode. You must hate them.

{^_-}