On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:34:54 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:25:42 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: >> >>> Could someone explain me, what are "top- and bottom posting" styles? >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style > > Though it's generally ideal to go with a conversational style, inserting > new text within the quoted material for context. Top posting almost > never meets this, bottom posting only works when the post you're > responding to is very short. Like this.
Bottom posting has been since long the preferred method for newsgroups and then mailing lists but not for forums nor business communications. A bottom posting style does not mean "all the stuff goes to the bottom" but put in chunks between context, replying inline, as Wikipedia article says ("interleaved style"). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jl4lfp$8pu$1...@dough.gmane.org