Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > On 06/27/2017 10:01 PM, R. Anthony Lomartire wrote: >> OK, my apologies for hijacking this thread, I haven't been on a mailing list >> in forever but I will apply proper >> etiquette. Can I just ask what you mean by "top post" though?
> Not everyone reads or even receives every message, in real time, > in the same order in which you saw or responded. So the custom Greg is > encouraging you to use is to provide a quotation of (the salient parts of) > whatever you're replying to *above your reply* so that the context > of your reply is obvious, even to someone who reads your message > ... What can I add, other than one of my favorite .signature files from my USENET days? -Ric -- > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >>> A: Top-posting. >>>> Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail? r...@wermenh.com http://WermeNH.com/ _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
