Paul, et al -- ...and then Paul Brannan said... % % On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 07:49:40PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % > Top posting sends the message "I am so much more important than all ... % > Bottom posting says "I respect the others on this list and I will take a ... % % I disagree. While bottom posting is appropriate for most public forums % (because discussions on these forums generally involve a point-by-point % debate), there is a valid use for top posting. In particular, if % someone sends you a long email (and it is necessary and/or appropriate % to quote the email or a large portion of it), then replying at the top % saves the reader the time of scrolling to the bottom to find the reply.
I tried so hard to stay out of this debate... *sigh* I'm not terribly good at being politely objective; there's a lot of Dogbert in me, too. If you can get what you need from the reply at the top, then why on earth do you need to send back the original anyway? Someone sent it and you got it, so everyone has it, and then you send your single reply that doesn't have to be associated contextually so just don't send the quote. % ... % BTW, why did this post show up in my inbox rather than in my mutt As far as I can tell, Bo's direct reply was also BCCd to mutt-users. The message passed thru the server but it wasn't publicly addressed to the list. I'm not even going to begin to wonder why; that's a whole new can of worms. Of course, without any list addressing, List-Reply and the like can't know that you mean for a reply to go back to a mailing list and act accordingly. HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
msg30756/pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature
