justin wrote: > but if you're following the thread, you've already seen the previous > post... why would you need to see it again? just use an email client > that has a threaded view for mailing lists and hides quote blocks and > you'll be fine ;)
But I only keep the stuff that's useful to me. I delete threads quite regularly. If someone replies to a thread I've deleted, top-posting provides no context. Each e-mail is thus standalone. The most common complaint by people I hear is that they don't want to scroll down through tons of quoted material. This happens because bottom posters are as lazy as top posters. The only true way is to middle post, replying to people's questions as they ask them, and trimming old replies and old quotes. People who think as you do are using e-mail as either a glorified letter-writing system, or as a glorified text-messaging system. Knowing you, e-mail to you is a text-messaging system where most things are short. Thus your google conversations works fine. But I use e-mail in a larger context where often several important questions are asked or points are made that require a detailed response to each one. Top-posting to this is silly since a) I might miss something and b) it might not always be clear to the recipient which questions I'm answering. > > justin /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
