At 1:37 AM EDT on September 6 Paul Brannan sent off: > On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 07:49:40PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. > Generally, this situation arises in personal emails much more so than it > does in public forums.
I don't see how that's valid for replies, but I sometimes use it for *forwards*. i.e. I am passing this on to you because bla bla bla... ----------------- Content of forwarded message -------------- instead of putting bla bla bla down here where they won't see it right away. -- Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way. - Daniele Vare Robert I. Reid | PGP/GPG Keys: http://astro.utoronto.ca/~reid/pgp.html
