"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:48 PM Boboc Cristi <bob...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> *Top-posting is not by my choice, it is how the email client works.*
> Mine has the same default/convention. It is not difficult to choose to > behave differently if one wishes. Given that these messages are read in > archive by many people and usually with fairly long threads, most of which > are indeed done to the bottom-posting convention, the wisdom of "when in > Rome, do as the Romans do" is suggested. Right. The point of quoting in a sensible order and trimming irrelevant material is to make it easier on the readers. Failing to do that is discourteous: it shows that you consider a few seconds of your time to be worth more than a similar amount of time expended by each of (possibly) thousands of other people. regards, tom lane