I thought the Russians were responsible. -----Original Message----- >From: ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> >Subject: Re: meta-topic Posting style > > > >On 11/22/2017 3:35 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> Jack seemed to be confused by the way his email reader handles email >> attributions. This harkens back to a debate that's been going on for >> at least 30 years on posting style. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style >> >> Here is the standard explanation of why top posting is bad >> >> Why I hate top-posting >> 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 in e-mail and USENET? >> >> Until eternal September, interleaved replies, with added cruft >> deleted, were considered the proper and polite way to respond to email >> or usenet posts. >> >annsan replies... just to be clear... > >Wonder how much reading and sending email using a phone presents a >problem.. I have frequently seen emails sent to >list where the person who quotes something from someone elses post gets >credited or blamed for the original person's >post... most frequently here people misattributing photos to someone >else... . > >another thing that happens is the link to a photo being discussed has >been stripped off by someone's server . > >Whenever I have correspondance with ebay customers, or other business >stuff, they insist on top posting.. "please respond above the line" The >form in ebay messages is set up that way. > >I blame society > >ann
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