This is the only list where I've seen this particular topic constantly
brought up, and I"m a little curious why that is. I've been meaning to
inquire for a while.
To me, writing your response and including the original text below is
natural and correct. In fact, When people do it the other way around, I
often don't bother reading the message, because I don't have time to
waste reading messages I already have...or even bits of them I've
already have. Quoting them down below let's you easily choose whether
or not to refer to them. Quoting a message on top is extremely
discourteous to me, except in very special circumstances, like when
you're responding throughout the original text, (i.e. to a series of
questions)
Now, that being said, I like personalities to shine through in email as
much as that limited medium will allow, so I don't mind whatsoever if
other's do it whatever way they like, and certainly will not tell people
what to do, or how they should compose their messages, so in no way am i
suggesting people should do it my way. I'm just curious why, as a
general rule, you would want to waste so much time reading quoted messages?
I'm also not interested in debating the points, only very curious to
hear differing opinions on this. Like i said, top quoting is an
irritant, but I like people to be able to do whatever they want.
Access Curmudgeon wrote:
Yes, but only because you didn't top post.
