[Info-vax] VMS-based InfoServer

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

On 2010-08-05 02:45, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article<slrni5k050.6eb.BRAD at rabbit.turquoisewitch.com>, BRAD at rabbit.turquoisewitch.com () writes:
>> {...snip...}
>>
>> I'm not bothered by "quoted pukeable" as much as Brian is, but it can be
>> distracting and annoying in its extreme forms, especially when folks don't
>> trim and bottom-post.
>>
>>> Take a giant step into the twenty-first century!
>>>
>>
>> When I took a VMS job in a Windows-centric shop, I was taken to task by the
>> Windows weenies and non-IT types, when I insisted on replying to emails on
>> Outhouse using fixed-width font, trimming, and bottom-posting.  I was even
>> accused by one administrative business type of being "rude" by doing so!
>> [...]
>
> Top posting is an abomination that dwarfs quoted-pukeable.  There's no way
> to follow a conversation with idiots that top post.
>
> I've been working on a project now for about 6 month.  All of the emails I
> receive are MIME.  I need to pass them to my Mac or Linux to read them.  I
> then have to reformat them because people can't recall where the carriage
> return key is on their keyboards.  To add insult to the injury, the message
> is amlost always top posted including a history of the last umpteen email
> exchanges.  I take the time to trim and clean it all up only to get the
> latest replies merged back into the old stream.  It's slowed the progress
> of the project significantly and many issues have escaped notice because of
> this practice.

It might have helped the project to have found someone
more professional and open-minded. The way you act does more
harm to VMS then it helps (VMS). Grow up...




>
> Do/did people send old copies of letters when they replied via snail mail?
> Fuck no.