Around 11:26pm on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 (UK time), Christofer C. Bell scrawled:
Come to think of it, I doubt the folks who missed it the first go
around are going to get it this time, either. To speak plainly:
I am glad, because I didn't get your point until you wrote this third
email.
regardless of one's taste in MUA, one should not be using an MUA
that
makes it difficult to read one's email without enforcing one's
personal views on posting etiquette on others.
If your MUA requires you to tell others to not quote, to not top-post,
to do anything other than post whatever they like, in order to read
your email comfortably, then you are using the wrong MUA. If the
formatting of other people's messages cause you frustration,
helplessness, or anger, then you are using the wrong MUA. If these
feelings of frustration, helplessness, or anger rise to the point that
you need to post about it and kick off long and useless threads over
the merits of various "posting styles," then you're using the wrong
MUA.
Presumably it was my use of the wrong MUA that stopped me from
understanding what you were saying until you sent this email.
However I will continue to use mutt, and cope with the frustrations of
those who ignore mailinglist guidelines the way I try to cope with rude
or ignorant people in any walk of life. I may try to gently inform
ignorant people, but will usually ignore rudeness, though I may feel
slightly less inclined to help them out.
Steve
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