From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: anon@anon.org (anon) Subject: Re: unsigned type Reply-To: anon@anon.org (anon) References: <8b44f88e-b56d-4e2d-a0d4-6d4229ce695c@g1g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> <8E82m.407788$4m1.87083@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 2.0 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:29:23 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.64.222.114 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1246361363 12.64.222.114 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:29:23 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:29:23 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6754 Date: 2009-06-30T11:29:23+00:00 List-Id: First since a few RFC have been replaced or updated has this one. But in looking at the RFC that you posted where are the others' "summarizes the original" message, no one does that. And most include the complete message which goes against the "do not include the entire original". And the RFC also says "it is possible to see a response to a message before seeing the original." This is allowed and its also called "top posting". So I am, in this case following the rules of the RFC, but no one else to follow any part of RFC 1855, section 3.1.1. In , Dennis Lee Bieber writes: >On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:31:16 GMT, anon@anon.org (anon) declaimed the >following in comp.lang.ada: > > >> I prefer parts of the APA and Adacore way instead of your style >> of bottom posting. More standardized >> > I suppose then that you prefer to ignore Internet RFCs... > >RFC 1855, section 3.1.1 -- I'm going to just cut&paste one bullet: > >""" > - If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you > summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just > enough text of the original to give a context. This will make > sure readers understand when they start to read your response. > Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the > postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a > response to a message before seeing the original. Giving context > helps everyone. But do not include the entire original! >""" > > For one-to-one email, where the recipient is presumed familiar with >the quoted material, top posting may be permissible; the quoted material >then acts as a photocopy enclosure -- though I'd prefer not to see it >all if one is not trimming/interspersing comments; if one is replying to >a personal message I sent, /I/ already have a copy of the message and >can look it up. > >-- > Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG > wlfraed@ix.netcom.com wulfraed@bestiaria.com > HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/ > (Bestiaria Support Staff: web-asst@bestiaria.com) > HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/