I'll add this to the Elecraft list guidelines: Top posting is -OK- on this list.
Like many of you, I also find that reading list postings is -much- faster if the
reply is posted above the copied text. It is much faster to scan messages this
way, avoiding scrolling down each one for the new text. (Of course if the amount
of copied text is reduced to 1-2 sentences it really doesn't matter where the
reply is, since it will be visible on the first screen :-)
Top posting also makes it much easier to read the list in digest mode, where all
of the daily messages are sent as a single email.
One variance that is also good practice: When answering a lot of questions in a
prior email, intersperse your replies after each question.
Let's not beat this one to death... I rears it's head at least once yearly with
many, many, opinions on both sides of the issue posted ;-)
73, Eric WA6HHQ
Elecraft List Moderator
W3FPR - Don Wilhelm wrote:
There are many messages here on the reflector each day, and in total I
likely review over 100 messages a day from various sources. While I try to
look at each message and prepare an intelligent response, I am unable to
take the time to scroll down, find the proper tic-marks indicating the
previous message, and trying to sort out in-line comments and other such
points of 'proper netiquite' is particularly irritating to me.
-----Original Message-----
message you reply to is important, it is also very important NOT
to reply _atop_ the original message but _below_ it.
It's much easier to read the message when proper quiting was used,
even if one didn't follow the thread closely.
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