[arch-general] GTK2 GUIs became a PITA after upgrade

Stephen mailman at tuxcon.com
Tue Apr 12 06:23:41 UTC 2016


On Tue, 12 Apr 2016, Doug Newgard wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:40:29 +0930
> Stephen <mailman at tuxcon.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm sorry, but my mail client (mutt) certainly does show these as
> > being threaded under, and not top level replies. I don't know why it
> > would be showing up otherwise for you, because I've replied direct to
> > yours each time.
> 
> Top posting refers to putting your reply above the quoted text. It's frowned
> upon on most mailing lists.

I apologise, I didn't realise this was the case. I've often read, but
never participated in, mailing lists. Is there a list of "common
etiquette" that you'd recommend reading? I'd like to avoid
embarrassing issues such as this again.


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