[139593] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Top-posting (was: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (gord)
Tue Apr 12 08:45:49 2011
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From: gord <gordslater@ieee.org>
To: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>
In-Reply-To: <20110412075816.4854ff66.darcy@druid.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:45:36 +0100
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 07:58 -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:17:54 +0100
> gord <gordslater@ieee.org> wrote:
> > I wasn't pedantic or impolite enough to suggest that it was off-topic
> > here (which, technically, it is), simply saying that it was doing my
>
> Actually, I don't think it is off-topic. Meta-discussions about the
> list are considered on-topic for the list. This is a discussion about
> whether the rules for the list should be changed and so is on-topic.
>
I was referring to my initial post/comment that started all of this,
_that_ thread was technically off-topic when referring to software
methods, though that's largely irrelevant and I personally couldn't give
a hoot.
http://www.nanog.org/mailinglist/listfaqs/topicfaq.php?qt=offtopic&q=all
refers.
Now I sound like a bookthumper :)
What I was originally saying was "I'm confused - this is a bottom-post
list by the list convention, but top-posting is happening to my
detriment"
Stepping back from it, I think I'll take a break from this for a weeks -
contact by phone/irc and noc@ only please. If you don't have the
numbers, well, tough.
gord
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