No and neither should it work. "Bottom posting" is, IMHO of course,
one of those bizarre and un-ergonomic habits which should be consigned
to the dustbin of history when email was clever. (Dare I say it, this
also goes for the use of plain text messages and email message lists
rather than text which allows emphasis and structure and the use of a
web forum.)
Regards
Jim
(PS Which of us adds paper to a file by tucking the latest item at the
back of the file? No - I thought not.)
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Quoting Tim Trent <[log in to unmask]>:
> It isn't going to work, either. Not unless the entire M$oft Outlook default
> installation is altered and not unless the world is re-educated towards
> bottom posting. And that is just not going to happen.
>
> It's a little but like trying to change "Estuary English" back to "correct"
> English.
>
> First, people don't understand the hint.
>
> Second, people are not going to start doing one thing here and another thing
> in the rest of their lives.
>
> Third, except on newsgroups, people are wholly accustomed to top posting
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charles Christacopoulos
> Sent: 20 November 2006 21:26
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [data-protection] The survey - Progress report
>
> Roland Perry wrote:
>> [rearranged again:]
>>
>>> [rearranged so as to be in chronological order:]
>
> Howdy,
>
> It does not work, does it? The hint I mean.
>
> Charles
>
>>
>>>>>>> I have had a couple of emails telling me that members have tried
>>>>>>> to get to the survey and failed.
>>
>>>>>> The survey asks for an email address and a password. The former I
>>>>>> can find, the latter is a complete mystery. I had to apply for a
>>>>>> new password.
>>
>>>>> A little awkward, but not insurmountable.
>>
>>>> A few hours on an IT helpdesk will show that "needing a password you
>>>> didn't even know you had" is more than enough for many users to
>>>> describe the situation as insurmountable - quite irrespective of any
>>>> mechanism to recover a password.
>>
>>> While I do not disagree, this is the way JISCMail works. If we want
>>> to get full benefit from the JISCMail service then a minor investment
>>> needs to be made in obtaining the password.
>>
>> I run a mailing list on a quite different topic. You'd be surprised
>> how resistant people are to make that sort of small investment :( And
>> that's when there's something in it for them, not just an opportunity
>> to help another by filling in a survey.
>>
>>> Unless you have a better suggestion, of course, which I think we'd be
>>> grateful for. The JISCMail helpline takes requests for enhancements
>>> of their services.
>>
>> I am not criticising the general need for a password, merely
>> commenting that this need is an entirely plausible reason for the
>> "failures" (of the survey link) that have been reported to you.
>
>
> --
> Charles Christacopoulos, Management Information Officer, Strategic
> Information Management, Tower Building, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1
> 4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom.
> Tel: 44(0)1382-344891. Fax: 44(0)1382-348845.
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