On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 10:40:26 -0500 in [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joe Polk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey, I understand that top-posting or not-posting is really import to > some people but to go so far as to say it's harmful is a bit of a > stretch. For some it's just following the natural order of email > clients, most of which cursor the top. They place the cursor at the top to encourage the trimming of the quoted material, not so that people can just start typing merrily away without formatting their post correctly. The really bad ones also place the sig above the quoted material and make people think that they should start typing there. The 'natural order of email clients', as you put it, existed long before a certain company flooded the market with a client that exposed newcomers to these bad habits before they had learned from the old-timers the sensible way of doing things that had been around since the dawn of email. -- Brian Morrison bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk GnuPG key ID DE32E5C5 - http://wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/wwwkeys.html _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
