I also hate to read to much quoted text, but I disagree- I prefer top posting as I get tired of scrolling past the original quoted text, sometimes long, to get at the response. With a couple of accidental exceptions I pare down my quoted text to the minimum.
-Ford On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 06:43 PM, Dan Knight wrote: > The beauty of this method is that even if you never read the original > message (say you just subscribed), the quoted portions provide enough > information that you know what the writer is responding to. > > It's not just brilliant, it's intuitive. The reply comes after what you > are replying to. > > As Mary noted on the iMac List: > > A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
