On 05/17/2015 11:42 AM, kalpha wrote: > (b) include only your message text and just snippets from others that > you are directly responding to.
And, if possible, don't top post. Doing so gets the conversation backwards, and many people find it confusing. On the other hand, even people who prefer it that way have no difficulty in following the conversation if it's not top posted. (However, if you're replying to several different sections of a post, putting your replies after the part you're addressing, then continuing with more quotations makes it much easier for readers to know which comment belongs with which quote.) Last, please understand that the above isn't a formal part of this list's rules, although I do belong to at least one list where it is. It's just my personal preference, and I'm fairly sure that I'm not the only one who feels this way.
