Personally I prefer to avoid quoting. On Dec 7, 6:11 pm, RobG <[email protected]> wrote: > There is an increase in the number of posters who reply by placing > their comments at the top, followed by a quote of the entire post they > are replying too. This is called "top posting" and is a less than > optimal use of resources. > > Top posting is disliked because it disrupts the flow of logic, replies > are not correlated with the statements or paragraphs they are replying > to and the vast bulk of many posts is useless junk added as signatures > or by the host. > > The following guidelines were developed during the evolution of > Usenet, on which Google Groups is based, to provide a much more > efficient posting style. If it is adopted here, use of this group > (especially for those using e-mail) will be much more efficient: > > 1. Reply directly *below* the paragraph or statement you are replying > to > 2. Trim all irrelevant bits from the quoted part of the reply > 3. Do not quote signatures or anything below the signature (i.e. > remove everything from the signature down). > > Some links: > > Quoting and answering: > <URL:http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html#ss2.1> > > Why is Bottom-posting better than Top-posting: > <URL:http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html> > > I am not posting this because I am some kind of anal net-cop, but > because a better posting style leads to much more useable resource. It > also shows that the poster has probably read the post they are > replying to and thought about their reply in sufficient detail to > remove irrrelevant material. > > -- > Rob
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