On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 02:23:47PM -0400, Kris Coward wrote:
>
> One way to help make sure that you're not including too much quoted text
> is to bottom-post (like I'm doing right now) instead of top-posting
> (where you just add your reply above all the quoted text). I can think
> of one other list I'm on (off the top of my head) that flat out
> disallows top-posting.
This is, in fact, true of most USENET groups as well as any professional
computer-related forum.
> Also, I generally prefer bottom posting because it also allows different
> chunks of the email to be responded to seperately (like my "Indeed"
> comment, which was really only included to illustrate this.
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying email-related thing in the world?
:)
Ben
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