There are valid reasons for bottom posting, however most people are capable of following an email flow when top posting is implemented.
Ask people to bottom post, sure, but lets leave it at asking, not expecting, and lets not detract from the fact that this mailing list works fine both ways under normal use. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William L. Thomson Jr. Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2007 5:10 PM To: assp-user Subject: [Assp-user] OT Re: Bottom posting context replies was ->Handling Collect Address, 550? On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 17:27 -0600, David wrote: > > I've never understood the anti-top posting mentality. snip.. Think context replies, this is one. Without the above text, if I just typed this above a email I was replying to. You would have no idea of what context this applied to or statement I was replying to specifically. > The most recent message in the thread is the most important part of > the email, so it should go on top. The quoted reply is just there for > reference, archival, or what have you, but it isn't even necessary > since the rest of the quotes reply is available elsewhere. Incorrect assumptions. Buy bottom replying, not only can you remove unwanted bits. But you can reply in context to a quoted statement or statements above. Doing so via having to reference an entire email would be a pita. Think if nothing was ever include in any reply. Others would have no clue on context. They would be forced to read entire thread or etc. Verses reading some aspects of a reply and getting the just of thread based on context quotes and replies. -- William L. Thomson Jr. Gentoo/Java ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
