It does not make sense for the ply to come at the end. It's a total waste of time having to re-read all the unnecessary crap many times just to get to a one sentence reply.
> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tony duell > Sent: 10 December 2015 17:07 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal > of a lifetime!!! > > > > > All the email clients I have are top posting get with the times you > > guys > > I have no desire to 'get with the times' -- this is classiccmp after all. > > If your mail program doesn't let you scroll to the end of a message and start > typing then it is fundametnally broken. It may not be convenient, but that is > not my problem! > > Like most English-speakers I read text from top to bottom. As a result it > makes sense for the reply to come _after_ the original message. And how on > earth do you reply to individual points if you top-post? Put the reply before > the paragraph you are commenting on??? > > -tony]
