On Thursday 08 Jan 2009 7:31:52 pm Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > > please avoid bottom posting > > > > I was asked to avoid top posting. > > What he means is to not just bottom-post blindly, but to remove > unneeded parts while doing so. For example, in this reply, I have > removed the ILUGC footer (about unsubscribing etc.) since I know it'll > be added again anyway, and it bears no relevance to the discussion.
both top posting and bottom posting are the same - one is posting on top and leaving the whole message underneath, which is a waste of bandwidth and gives no indication of the part of the post being replied to. The second is doing the same thing at the bottom, leaving the whole message above, which is a waste of bandwidth and gives no indication of the part of the post being replied to. Correct way is to trim the post, quote the relevant section and post below this. This is also known as interleaved posting. It is sometimes difficult to do as it requires some work to select what should be quoted and what should be deleted. It is also painful to do using web mail. But we are human beings, not buffaloes, so we take pains to drive on the correct side of the road, respect oneways, stop at redlights instead of wandering where we please and disrupting traffic. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
