> -----Original Message----- > From: Roderick Montgomery > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:24 AM > > According to Troy Settle: > > > > Why do they do that? Quite possibly because they, like myself, hate > > having to scroll through pages and pages of quotes to get > to the reply, > > which isn't always clear where it might start. > > Troy, you're not complaining about bottom-posting; you're > complaining about > folks that don't trim their quotes down to context. See how I > left out all > of your previous post except the relevant question above? You > only need to > quote enough of the previous message to gain context for the > reply -- only > lazy folks quote the entire message, reposting the entire > thread with every > new reply. Your replies go below, so reading the message from > top to bottom > is in chronological order. >
My posting style changes from thread to thread and even message to message. It depends entirely on the material I'm responding to. If I'm the first respondant, I'll top-post or go inline. In this case, we're discussing a general idea so it doesn't make a huge difference IMO. In some cases, there are several individual ideas and/or points that need responded to, so I break up the original and respond inline with the quoted material. In other cases, like this one, the (sub)thread is going with bottom posting, so I follow suit. FWIW, if you search for my name, you'll see thousands of posts over the last decade, and while I could be mistaken, I don't believe I've ever been flamed for my posting style. I also believe that this is the first time that I've ever even responded to a complaint about top/bottom posting. The one thing that does drive me crazy, is when people reply to a thread, and neglect to quote anything of what they're responding to, and you can never tell who or what their remarks are regarding. BTW, your line wrap seems to be a little too long, but I wouldn't swear to it, as Outlook sometimes does funny things when quoting. Ciao, -- Troy Settle Pulaski Networks http://www.psknet.com 540.994.4254 ~ 866.477.5638 Pulaski Chamber 2002 Small Business Of The Year _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
