On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 18:31, Chris W. Parker wrote: > Lorenzo Prince <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 3:36 PM said: > > > I for one would rather have the reply to a question I > > posted answered right up front instead of having to wade through the > > muck and the mire of anywhere from 1 to 5 message I've already read > > at least twice. > > > And contrary to your NOT liking bottom posting because you can't see > what the person is responding to, that's the exact reason I don't like > top posting. > > I'm on an NT list and the guys on that thing will reply to a 10k email > with one line, or even a few words. And with the 8 line header that > Outlook creates when replying you usually cannot see the original text > unless you scroll down, even if they are responding with only one line. >
Not to mention archive diving trying to find a clue to an issue. With a top posted mail thread where no one tried to trim extraneous stuff it is almost impossible to figure out. I had a hard time with the "top posting is evil" attitude but after four or five years of utilizing mail archives as a significant source of information I have been converted. The answer to your post is not only for you but for those who follow. Keeping that in mind helps understand some of these issues. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
