Hi, we have had this discussion before about top posting/bottom posting. Craig's comment (below) is on the lines of "get over it", but does not provide a sane way forward to establishing a reasonable etiquette for posting.
It has been argued that top posting is a microsoftish thing - because microsoft mail apps open the email at the top, which is the bit you read first... Trimming trimming has been requested. This was very important when everyone had 9k6 (or slower) modems. One would have thought that length is not a problem now. However, people do read their email over cell phones (read dollars per each byte) and that generates requests for trimming. Others hate trimming, cause what is readable to one person is unreadable/meaningless to the next. Some plead for wise and sane trimming.. Others say the only sane form of trimming is to do nothing. I think you could describe it as the corporate model, where you add your comments to the head of the email, and leave the rest untouched. Thus each letter is a complete track of the entire conversation. Which is ideal for the person who joins a conversation midway through. I say, pah - get real. Given the volume of emails on this topic over the years, it is clear there is never going to be a consensus. Each proponent of each view has some very well worded arguements that support their view. Let us put our endeavours into more productive things, like writing code, writing documetnation and howtos, helping newbies, reporting bugs, and perhaps even making money.... Derek. =============================================================================== On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Craig FALCONER wrote: > IMO if you can't deal with mailing lists, go read web-based forums where not > only do you not get a choice, you often have to click through multiple > pages. > > > How about top AND bottom posting to keep everyone happy? Now that is an idea.. Derek -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
