On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 06:19:14AM -0600, Brynn wrote:
To me, it seems like proper documentation not to delete someone else's comments. I have noticed that a lot of people use what they call "inline" style of reply, but I often find it confusing to follow. I always thought it was more of a shortcut, than a desired technique.
The problems with not deleting are that you waste bandwidth (for an individual, that is rarely important, but for a list the cost can mount up) and when you are replying to an already long reply it becomes much harder to keep track.
Anyway, point me to some kind of mailing list best practice, and I will do my best to follow it. :-)
wikipedia covers the styles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
And there you will note that some lists (particularly those where most people use microsoft machines) think that top-posting is the right way - but even there list admins may complain about posting everything.
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