----- Original Message ----- From: "Amol Hatwar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] top-posting
> Saswata wrote: > > Top Posting, per se, (I believe) is not a bad idea, specially when the > mail > > has only one point or topic. But ofcourse, in a mailing list, it would > then > > be necessary to delete all un-necessary parts of the quoted text > *chop* > > IMHO, top posting is a disease! However, top-posting is acceptable to many > people because they have traditional sets of experiences where every > official letter begets another one in reply. > > But when one uses e-mail, it is easy to forget the basic fact regarding > electronic text. Electronic text is editable! So it is not only logical but > actually helpful to tuck in replies at the appropriate place. This > accelerates comprehension. Another added benefit is that it becomes even > more easy to have a look at the gist of the entire discussion. Amol, The problem which I face, and I know a large number of others who do so too, is that if mails are not top-posted, in many cases, we have to actually search, peek and poke through the mail to find what new comments have been added. I suspect many of us have in fact missed a few important ideas in mails not top-posted. I do try not to top post mails on ILUG, because most people here dont want it that way. But I still prefer top posted mails in most cases. I use "Interleaved" replies when I want to make a point to point reply. Else, I simply top post and then delete all things not required in the original mail. regards Saswata -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
