I hate to disagree but I find it much, much easier to follow conversations when the newest reply is on top. I find it too time consuming to scroll through a long message just to find out someone left a three word reply.
As I am on my blackberry more than I am at a pc, if I don't see the reply as soon as I open the message it gets deleted without being read. Time is money and I don't have time to scroll through every message. I will agree that sometimes it is helpful to make replies at the bottom and I will attempt to keep the peace by posting at the bottom when I can, but top posting is easier and more clean to read than having 100 lines of > and broken lines. Warmest regards, James Sent from my Verizon BlackBerry. Always on, Always Connected -----Original Message----- From: Lesly Dorval <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:14:54 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Top Posting Shaun Ruffell <sruffell <at> digium.com> writes: > > Whatever your preferred style, the following post is at least worth > considering. > > http://brooksreview.net/2011/01/interleaved-email/ > > My belief is that it would be nearly impossible for me to follow a high > volume list if top posting was the preferred style. For example, the > following email from the LKML would need to be more verbose if all the > participants were top posting, because they would all have to set the > context for their comments. Instead, you can follow the chain of > thought for each of the "threads" contained in the email. > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1087665 > > Anyway, just something to consider, > Shaun I could never understand the strong objection regarding top-posting until Shaun shared these examples - though I had been reading lists for more years than I care to admit. These examples clearly show how snipping and bottom posting translate to susccint and clear contextual communication. From now I will evangelize snipping and bottom posting. -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
