2008/5/7 Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > But end posting is *_real_* tedious if it is a nested post that has not been > trimmed appropriately.
Agreed. Trimming is necessary no matter what type of posting is used. > Personally I prefer top posting if the question is > very short but the question was long or if it is fairly clear by the way the > answer is structured what the question was, i.e., "The way you set the > Beelzebub parameter is by X > Y > (select option)." This is how I answer most personal mail. Top posted, but with complete sentences only. Never 'yes' or 'no'. The answer should include all the information that was in the question. > If it is multi-part then I prefer a _very_ short intro and the rest in-line > where the reply is in context. Like I'm doing here. > It is a royal pain to scroll through 100+ lines to find a two or three word > response. What a waste of bits and time. Agreed. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
