Jerry McBride wrote: > On Wednesday 24 August 2005 09:14 pm, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: > >>Jonathan Nichols wrote: >> >>>Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >>> >>>>On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:57:09 -0300 Daniel da Veiga >>>> >>>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>| You know bud, read some rules, be polite. >>>> >>>>There are many who consider top posting to be just about the rudest >>>>thing you could possibly do on a mailing list. HTML email is worse, but >>>>not by much. >>> >>>It's too bad that even *gmail*, the paragon of geek email, encourages >>>top posting. :( >>> >>>And it's also the default setting in Thunderbird. I wish they'd change >>>that. >> >>As a matter of curiosity, why is top posting considered bad form. I'm >>using Thunderbird and when it views the mail, by default it is at the >>top. With bottom posting, I have to scroll down to view the post. >> > > > I with you, brother... > > > For me, top posting keeps me from having to wade through the entire message > to > get to the "new response" of the OP. > > I think most "linux nerds" (me included) distain top posting because it's the > default setting of some email app that runs on the windows OS.... > > > Jerry > > > > > Yes. However, I understand Hemmann and Nebinger's points. Makes sense in a way. But I don't usually start reading at the top. I usually will have already read previous comments and I just want to get to the latest.
Too bad Thunderbird doesn't have a setting "Start_Read_At_Bottom" :-) Tony -- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
