I reply to the email that I receive which uses the standard method of top posting. Why? Because if you bottom-posted all the time or unnecessarily inline quoted it would make this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/6c25db52c2d743aaand others like it unreadable.
I'm done discussing posting styles. Let's return to helping each other out which is the main reason for this group. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Michael Pavling <[email protected]> wrote: > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > On 23 February 2011 22:42, Bryan Crossland <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Michael Pavling <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Por favor, pare top postagem > > > > "The traditional style was for a long time to post the answer below as > much > > of the quoted original as was necessary to understand the reply (bottom > or > > inline). Many years later, when email became widespread in business > > communication, it however became a widespread policy to reply above the > > entire original and leave it untouched (and without any prefixes at the > > beginning of each line) below the reply." > > This list isn't a business communication - it's a reference resource, > and that "policy" was imposed because one company's email software > that just "did it that way" - irregardless of any user preference. > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style > > Read the whole of that article... especially the section on "Choosing > the proper posting style". If after that you still insist on > top-posting, so be it :-/ > *shrug* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
