On Aug 31, 2009, at 4:52 PM, John Niven wrote: > The "requirement" for bottom posting was. It is NOT mentioned as a > requirement in the the netiquette rules, and in my experience is > not usual practice in business emails.
Folks, let's not beat this horse's skeleton any more. There is no requirement to bottom post. As to etiquette, no amount of discussion on this list is going to change anyone's mind. Just remember, some of the more prolific and helpful members of the group prefer bottom posting. The reason is that if you are working on a couple of different problems at one time, you may not remember everything that came before. As opposed to your one issue that you have read everything so far and know what has gone on and you want to see the latest nugget of info at the top. The natural scanning order on an email is top to bottom and bottom posting puts the relevant information in the natural scanning order. Business emails are different than discussion groups. In a business email, most everyone has followed along and it is just answering the latest comment. In a discussion group, you never know who is going to jump in or out at any time, so many people prefer to be able to read any email in the thread and be able to easily decipher what has transpired. Len --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
