> Top posting means that the order of posts being added remains clear and that the most recent addition is that the top - useful is the post is being followed. I have Outlook set up to add > to previous messages which works fine if everyone posts plain text messages (surely breaking this rule is a much mroe heinous crime?) and uses the same policy.
Right - Bill is a cranky so-and-so but he's really good and helpful. He just has very, very strong opinions. The point is that there is a lot of a lot of junk left over in unedited msgs and 'flow' that is, in a time sense, while in the eye of the beholder, is going to be apparent in a top to bottom setup. See the question, see the response see the response to the response. Top or bottom, use the mouse and delete everything that's not relevant. I usually do a bare Reply (No History - we've got Notes, which is as bad/worse than LookOut (except for that attachment ;-) and then cutnpaste the appropriate sections into my blank msg. Oh, heavens yes, takes all of 4 seconds - and, usually, I try to the read the whole dang thing to be sure its vaguely coherent. > However top posters are not necessarily lazy - I have never come accross this being an issue before and did not see it buried in the small print on the active perl site - so should not be villified in such a manner. And I mean no offense, but you've not been around to too many places, email list-wise. This is a painfully hot topic (akin to best editor, er best language (safe here on that but ...) etc.) and we all need to get on w/ the perl stuff and just drop the rest of it. Have a little concern for your fellow readers and cut out the junk that's no longer germane to your reply. If you must top post - well, most of us will get over it, but you'll be a much better netizen if you'll use your mouse to clear out what's no longer part of the topic. We all can go back and follow the thread, so just keep what you're talking about. a Andy Bach, Sys. Mangler Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VOICE: (608) 261-5738 FAX 264-5932 " History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. " Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list ActivePerl@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
