On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:15:28 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: > Greetings All > > > I'd rather people top-post as I'd like to read the latest info without > having to scroll through all the info I have (probably) already read. > > Besides the email clients I have used use top-post as a default > > What a pity we can't read mail the way we all prefer. > > > On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:24:25 -0500 > "Fred A. Miller" <[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? >
And there are die hard bottom posters here as well. What makes the worst botch up of things is when individuals go "damn mailing list convention, i'm doing it my way" (hear echos of Cartman, anyone?). A mix of top and bottom posting makes a real pigs-ear of the thread as this post intentionally shows. The list etiquette guidelines actually promote niether, advising you should intersperse your answers after the relevant point: http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html Because of the nature of a mailing list and the way that many questions are multifaceted, this advice makes sense. We therefore need to set aside personal preferences in favour of conformity to make clarity the winner. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
