Jonathan Arnold wrote: > Stevens wrote: >> Eberhard, and others: >> >> I view the list's messages individually in kmail, not as a newsgroup >> and not with a threaded view. It matters not to me if someone top >> posts, bottom posts or inserts comments in the included text. >> >> In fairness to those who make the "mistake" of top posting, many >> email clients (especially the free ones, like Yahoo mail) put you >> at the top of any included text when you do a "reply to". It takes >> a bit of effort to invert that order. Also, most, if not all, corporate >> email exchanges use top posting, so insisting that users bottom >> post is forcing users to modify their behavior to satisfy the limits >> of the software (your threading newsgroup stuff). >> >> Like I said above, I don't give a rip one way or the other. I just find it >> amusing that I can almost set my watch to the time that it takes >> someone to admonish "No top post, please!" > > My favorite "Why is Bottom-posting better than Top-posting" page: > > http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
It's probably too long a read for the lazy guy that is top-posting. Pretty effective is usually to show these lines: ------------------------------------------------------------- > Because it messes up the flow of reading. >> How come? >>> I prefer to reply inline. >>>> What do you do instead? >>>>> No. >>>>>> Do you like Top-posting? ------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sandy List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
