On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Sriram Karra <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Raul <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >  The problem with this practice is neatly summed up by the following FAQ
> > entry:
> >
> > A: No.
> > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
> >
> >
> The fallacy with that example is that no one has viewed the question
> ("Should I include ....?") before the answer pops up. Whereas in real
> mailing list conversations, the answer is always (99% of the cases at any
> rate) 'below' the question in the temporal axis.
>
> There are many things to be said in favour of proper quoting and bottom
> posting on publicly archived mailing lists, but using the above example to
> "prove the point" is improper and misleading to say the least.




http://deponti.livejournal.com/546183.html


Thanks for letting me crystallize my thoughts about this!


Deepa.

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