On 11/8/07, Collin Kidder <adderd@kkmfg.com> wrote:
> I'm with Thomas. I think that, while inline posting is a good thing,
> bottom posting is dead stupid and wastes my time.
Just as bad as top-posting, really.
> It is far easier to
> follow a thread with top posting as the relevant text is right there at
> the top ready to be read.
The relevant bit being what? Two lines dangling loosely
at the top of a mail?
You omitted the crucial bit here:
"It is far easier FOR ME WITH MY CURRENT MAIL CLIENT
to follow a thread with top posting ..."
If that's good enough reason for you to ignore RFCs and
complain about the habit on this list, by all means, there's
no point in arguing. But we can flog the dead horse some
more ....
> No, just not everyone agrees with your viewpoint on this topic. Top
> posting has it's place and some of us prefer it.
But they could just adhere to the "law of the land", or "when in
Rome, ... " practice instead of kicking off fuss. And with my
"mail client" top-posting has no place. Let's just stick to good
old standards.
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> And so... with that my view is out there. I hate bottom
> posting. But I for one will do it to keep the peace.
You were actually using the appropriate interleaved quoting
style, not bottom posting (minus the 'trimming', mind you).
At least get your terminology right. ;D
Cheers,
Andrej
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Please don't top post, and don't use HTML e-Mail :} Make your quotes concise.
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