On Thursday June 9 2005 2:06 pm, Graham Smith wrote: > I know that this will put the cat amongst the pigeons but I > actually prefer top posting. I've been reading newsgroups and > mailing lists for years and I have always thought that bottom > posting was the wrong way to do it.
You've been around too many Outlook Express and Outlook users, then. Those are the only two clients that encourage top posting by default and make you strain to post properly, instead of the other way around. > I understand the reasons why bottom posting is supposed to be > better but if I am following the thread, which is normally the case > if I'm actually reading it, then I find it quicker to read just the > top section of each post rather than having to scroll down past > everything I've already read. Part of proper quoting is proper snipping of irrelevant material. If you have to scroll down to get to new material, too much quoted text is being included. Use this message as an example. It's a conversation, you receive one half and interject the other half. > There isn't a problem with context because I can remember that from > one post to the next. Sure you can, uh huh, yeah. Do you remember the post caught by your filters? How about that one that never got delivered to your site? > I'm not saying I'm right and I often bottom post to not annoy > people but I have to try and convince you to switch. Who died and left you to rewrite the English language? > PS Have you noticed that there aren't many people who are top > posting zealots? I wonder why. Maybe tops posters are just more > relaxed and chilled out people. :o) Because most people realize that they're wrong and start posting in a comprehensible manner. -- Paul Johnson Email and Instant Messenger (Jabber): [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ursine.ca/~baloo/
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