Xfce ML FAQ - v0.3

[Peter Humphrey]

Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
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> Auke Kok wrote:
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>>o Quoting style?
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>>It's very hard to understand a thread of messages if they become replies
>>to reply and everyone mixes quoting styles. That's why there is

"to replies and everyone..."?

>>something called "quoting style", that

I'd prefer "which" here, but I agree it's a matter of taste.

> describes how you should quote
>>the previous posters contents when you reply to a mailinglist message.

poster's contents, please.

>>
>>We prefer that you use "Bottom quoting". That means that you should put
>>your reply _below_ the original posters message. That way the contents
>>are in chronological order and you can read the entire message thread
>>without figuring out where the reply belongs to.
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>>Here's a good FAQ on how to quote:
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>>http://web.presby.edu/~nnqadmin/nnq/nquote.html
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>>Basically:
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>>+ quote at the bottom
>>+ prune text from the quote that is irrelevant
>>+ remove footers and headers (condense)
>>+ put the reply directly next to (in between) the original text

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> So that's two things to fix:
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> We prefer that you use "bottom posting" ...
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> and
> 
> + quote at the top
> or
> + post at the bottom

And a third, small one: "where the reply belongs", please, not "where the 
thread belongs to". The usage "belongs to" is for belonging to a person, or 
by extension to a thing, whereas the "belongs" meaning here is "ought to 
be", rather than ownership.

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Rgds
Peter Humphrey
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