[kwlug disc.] kwlug mailing list etiquette

[Joe]

Rashkae wrote:
> Joe wrote:
>
>>>
>>> #1 is solved 99% of the time by simply reconfiguring their MUA when 
>>> they're not looking.  They don't exert any extra effort to bottom 
>>> post and they almost never notice.
>>>
>
> I've tried this.  (Actually, I'm too lazy to really do any such, it 
> just happens to be the Thunderbird default).  Reality check comes 
> pretty fast.  If people outside of technical mailing lists start 
> receiving bottom posted replies, *they* complain, and then the senders 
> complain to  *me* that their mail program is always defaulting to 
> bottom and they have to scroll back up to type replies!  I assure you, 
> telling the suits that bottom posted replies is the proper way to 
> format e-mails because it makes the conversation flow logically gets 
> you absofarkinglutely nowhere.
Thank you for giving an example of taking a quote out of context. To 
clarify, I did not write that sentence. That quote was marked as 
authored by Andrew Kohlsmith and it was included in the body of my 
bottom posted email.

Another thought just occurred to me. Is it proper etiquette on kwlug to 
sign the bottom of every single message?  I use different signatures for 
different purposes and I always interpreted signing with my name as 
redundant since it shows up in "from" field already. Recently, I have 
consciously automated attaching various signatures to different email 
addresses but in some instances where I haven't automated attaching a 
signature I have been inconsistent in it's use. Any thoughts on signing 
emails to kwlug mailing list?

~Joe