Please ignore this post

GDS said:

Like I said, please feel free to ignore this post as it's for my own
curiosity. I just want to see the amount of spam (if any) the supplied
email addy generates.

You'll get bugger-all posting in that manner, probably none.
The bulk of the address harvesting comes from the headers to
the article, particularly the Reply-To: field.

-kt

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Quoted message said:

Like I said, please feel free to ignore this post as it's for my own
curiosity. I just want to see the amount of spam (if any) the
supplied email addy generates.

Sorry for taking up your time.

There are test groups for testing. Use alt.test next time.

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A: Top-posters.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

I really don't understand all this "Top Poster" "Bottom Poster" argument.

How is it better to have no choice but to scroll through comments you've
already read ?

Click on message, scroll, scroll, scroll.

Seems completely illogical to me.

*Top posting because it's logical*

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Quoted message said:

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Quoted message said:

Like I said, please feel free to ignore this post as it's for my own
curiosity. I just want to see the amount of spam (if any) the
supplied email addy generates.

Sorry for taking up your time.

There are test groups for testing. Use alt.test next time.

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Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

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I really don't understand all this "Top Poster" "Bottom Poster"
argument.

Like you don't already know, troll.

Bottom vs. top posting and quotation style on Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html

Why is Bottom-posting better than Top-posting
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_stv0.htm

http://www.fscked.co.uk/writing/top-posting-cuss.html

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A: Top-posters.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

Thanks for the links DRS.

Interesting claims people are making about Top and Bottom posting there.
Most of which seem illogical to me though unfortunately.

I prefer to top post because it is more logical to me, and it is easier to
read.

I've been online for over twelve years now, and bottom posting has always
given me the [censored]. I just skip a message altogether if someone quotes 3
pages of text before trying to add a single sentence at the bottom.

Thanks again for the links, I'll book mark those.

Ps. I'm not a Troll. You made the point of using a bait in your signature
that some people would nibble on. So by definition your the Troll here since
you were the one baiting people, not I. 😉

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Quoted message said:

I really don't understand all this "Top Poster" "Bottom Poster"
argument.

Like you don't already know, troll.

Bottom vs. top posting and quotation style on Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html

Why is Bottom-posting better than Top-posting
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_stv0.htm

http://www.fscked.co.uk/writing/top-posting-cuss.html

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Quoted message said:

Thanks for the links DRS.

Interesting claims people are making about Top and Bottom posting
there. Most of which seem illogical to me though unfortunately.

I prefer to top post because it is more logical to me, and it is
easier to read.

It is not logical to put the answer before the question. When you top-post
you impose on others by forcing them to reorder the material so it makes
sense. That's called selfishness.

Quoted message said:

I've been online for over twelve years now, and bottom posting has
always given me the [censored]. I just skip a message altogether if
someone quotes 3 pages of text before trying to add a single sentence
at the bottom.

You are confusing two different issues. Not snipping extraneous quoted
material is also wrong but it does not justify top-posting.

Quoted message said:

Thanks again for the links, I'll book mark those.

Ps. I'm not a Troll. You made the point of using a bait in your
signature that some people would nibble on. So by definition your the
Troll here since you were the one baiting people, not I. 😉

It's not bait.

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Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

Tony,

Iv'e also been posting to newsgroups for over fourteen years & DRS is
the only person ever to complain to me about top posting. Yes he is a
troll & I also believe top posting makes more sense. I must admit to
baiting this poor anally fixated soul, but I can't help it, he is so
easy.

I have a mental picture of him riding in a peleton on his tricycle
with a 50cc motor attached, with a megaphone, ordering other riders to
stay in line, don't draft too close, don't use your elbows, then
someone giving him a big boot into the nearest ditch, leaving him
lying there crying out 'BUT WHY" :-)

John L.

Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:41:48 +1000, "><\(\(\(\(º>"

Quoted message said:

Thanks for the links DRS.

Interesting claims people are making about Top and Bottom posting there.
Most of which seem illogical to me though unfortunately.

I prefer to top post because it is more logical to me, and it is easier to
read.

I've been online for over twelve years now, and bottom posting has always
given me the [censored]. I just skip a message altogether if someone quotes 3
pages of text before trying to add a single sentence at the bottom.

Thanks again for the links, I'll book mark those.

Ps. I'm not a Troll. You made the point of using a bait in your signature
that some people would nibble on. So by definition your the Troll here since
you were the one baiting people, not I. 😉

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Quoted message said:

Tony,

Iv'e also been posting to newsgroups for over fourteen years & DRS is
the only person ever to complain to me about top posting.

I don't believe you.

Quoted message said:

Yes he is a
troll

For someone who claims to have been around Usenet so long you don't know
what a troll is, because I contribute far too much and have for far too long
to ever be considered one.

Quoted message said:

& I also believe top posting makes more sense.

But you're just stupid. Putting the answer before the question is always
stupid.

Quoted message said:

I must admit to
baiting this poor anally fixated soul, but I can't help it, he is so
easy.

And what does that say about you?

Quoted message said:

I have a mental picture of him riding in a peleton on his tricycle
with a 50cc motor attached, with a megaphone, ordering other riders to
stay in line, don't draft too close, don't use your elbows, then
someone giving him a big boot into the nearest ditch, leaving him
lying there crying out 'BUT WHY" :-)

You should get a mind before trying mental pictures of anything.

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Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

D R Sole, your replies are getting more pathetic by the minute :-)

You sounf like a small child screaming :"and so are you".

Can't you be a little more creative with your responses, or are you
already working to the upper limits of you vocabulary & IQ.

John L.

Sun, 11 Jul 2004 08:35:44 +1000, "DRS" <[email hidden]>

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Quoted message said:

Tony,

Iv'e also been posting to newsgroups for over fourteen years & DRS is
the only person ever to complain to me about top posting.

I don't believe you.

Quoted message said:

Yes he is a
troll

For someone who claims to have been around Usenet so long you don't know
what a troll is, because I contribute far too much and have for far too long
to ever be considered one.

Quoted message said:

& I also believe top posting makes more sense.

But you're just stupid. Putting the answer before the question is always
stupid.

Quoted message said:

I must admit to
baiting this poor anally fixated soul, but I can't help it, he is so
easy.

And what does that say about you?

Quoted message said:

I have a mental picture of him riding in a peleton on his tricycle
with a 50cc motor attached, with a megaphone, ordering other riders to
stay in line, don't draft too close, don't use your elbows, then
someone giving him a big boot into the nearest ditch, leaving him
lying there crying out 'BUT WHY" :-)

You should get a mind before trying mental pictures of anything.

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Quoted message said:

D R Sole, your replies are getting more pathetic by the minute :-)

You sounf like a small child screaming :"and so are you".

Can't you be a little more creative with your responses, or are you
already working to the upper limits of you vocabulary & IQ.

I'm keeping it as simple as I can so you can understand what I'm saying. If
it's pathetic it's only because I've had to stoop to your level.

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That's much better, you're almost making sense. Keep the medication
up, you may get better really soon :-)

Don't give up on the crusade, you may convert one person, one day.
Also work hard to retain your sparkling sense of humour, you would be
a killer at standup..

Bye now.

John L.

Q. What's the most annoying thing on usenet.

A. Anal retentive, verbally challenged, trolling bottom posters who
want the world to conform..

DRS said:

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Quoted message said:

D R Sole, your replies are getting more pathetic by the minute :-)

You sounf like a small child screaming :"and so are you".

Can't you be a little more creative with your responses, or are you
already working to the upper limits of you vocabulary & IQ.

I'm keeping it as simple as I can so you can understand what I'm saying. If
it's pathetic it's only because I've had to stoop to your level.

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Quoted message said:

That's much better, you're almost making sense. Keep the medication
up, you may get better really soon :-)

Now you're insulting all the readership who are in fact on medications.

Quoted message said:

Don't give up on the crusade, you may convert one person, one day.

All rational people agree that the answer always comes after the question.
Fools like you can never be persuaded because you are immune to reason.

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((((º said:

I really don't understand all this "Top Poster" "Bottom Poster" argument.

How is it better to have no choice but to scroll through comments you've
already read ?

The idea is to trim the previous article(s) such that the points you are
replying to are the only bits contained in the followup.

This should constrain the bits you have to scroll/read through to
a reasonable minimum. Usenet is a store-and-forward medium,
and you rarely get a perfect copy of the news database out to all
the leaf servers (the server I'm using is a perfect example).

Quoting the *relevant* parts of the previous post preserves the
'thread' of the conversation.

-kt

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\(\(\(\(º said:

I really don't understand all this "Top Poster" "Bottom Poster" argument.

I agree it is totally illogical. In the (large) company I work for
everybody top posts probably because that is the way Mr Gates designed
his software. However it is never a problem if you are not aware of
the context then you scroll down.

Personally I don't top post on the internet because I don't use
micro$oft software (unless I have to) and I ran a BBS for 10 years
before the Internet became popular and old habits die hard - however
it is just that a habit

Regards
Bruce

http://www.bcl.id.au

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\(\(\(\(º said:

I really don't understand all this "Top Poster" "Bottom Poster"
argument.

I agree it is totally illogical. In the (large) company I work for
everybody top posts probably because that is the way Mr Gates designed
his software. However it is never a problem if you are not aware of
the context then you scroll down.

Microsoft's refusal to honour standards when it suits them is well known.
In any event, it only takes a mouse click to move the cursor to the bottom.
If you want it done automatically download
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/.

Quoted message said:

Personally I don't top post on the internet because I don't use
micro$oft software (unless I have to) and I ran a BBS for 10 years
before the Internet became popular and old habits die hard - however
it is just that a habit

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"Posting at the top because that's where the cursor happened to be is like
[censored] in your pants because that's where your [censored] happened to be."
Andreas Prilop

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Look, I'm as tolerant as the next person, especially when it comes to
such an experienced poster. However I seriously object to the omission
of hyphens when words spill over to the next line. This is a serious
breach of Usenet netiquette as well as an important indicator of the
decline of the quality of English education in this country!

Ritch.

PS. Your only excuse is if you have been infected by the CokeSpill virus
- see http://www.satirewire.com/briefs/cokespill.shtml

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