> I find top-quoting extremely annoying too.
It's like in the TV show Jeopardy.
A: Top posters.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?
Does it make sense to post something in that order? No.
Maintaining a strict Q-A order facilitates processing of your
email on the recipient's side.
(Example courtesy of http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/quote.html)
> Removing uncessary stuff is a good thing, unless it would be hard for
> people who just join the discussion to follow it all.
People who join the discussion are the _exception_. You
should cater to those who are already following the debate,
because that is the larger set of people. That's true for
1-1 email conversations and 1-n communication (for which
news.php.net exists).
> You can also
> remove too much stuff... (for example just remove everything and
> write only your reply in a mail), like here:
>
> > <URL:http://news.php.net/article.php?group=php.dev&article=92888>
In the above example, the quotation was cut down to the
essential piece the author was replying to -- exactly the way
it should be.
- Sascha
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