I have read this down to Andy's post. I just smile and go on. I have no gripes either way. My choice to read or ignore has nothing to do with style or format.
Content content content. :) Regards Stuart On Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 8:14 AM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with some of your points and disagree with others. > > On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 at 14:04, Ken Strauss <ken.stra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > IMHO bottom posting shows utter disdain for the reader who is forced to > scroll > > through many lines that he has already read. Of course bottom posting is > great > > for the reader who is too lazy to closely follow a thread and wants their > > memory refreshed with each new posting. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Erik Christiansen [mailto:dva...@internode.on.net] > > > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2019 11:55 PM > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Posting order > > > > > > On 31.03.19 11:17, John Dammeyer wrote: > > > > > > > > > A: No. > > > > > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? > > > > > > > > > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read > text. > > > > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > > > > A: Top-posting. > > > > > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? > > > > > > > > > > Couldn't agree more. This ancient wisdom encourages consideration for > > > the reader - and so may admittedly seem strange in this century. > In-line > > > replies, like this one, add a reply to a context. A top post is an > > > answer without a question or context - good for skipping as > impenetrable > > > ass-backwards nonsense, IME. > > > > > > Or ... is it the custom in some quarters to read from the bottom up? > > > It's the only thing which makes top posting intelligible, one has to > > > admit. > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > If you are reading a once a week email of all the postings on a > > > > subject then I can see wanting them all in order from top to bottom. > > > > But otherwise it costs far more in concentration and time. > > > > > > You're too generous there, I think. Catching up on a week'sน mail right > > > now, there's nothing more useless than fullquoting, before or after. > > > A considerate poster chops out the stuff he's not answering, leaving a > > > "..." to indicate there's someone else's input left out of this part of > > > the discussion. The shorter the quoted text, the better. It is after > all, > > > repetition of list traffic, and unnecessary verbiage to read through is > > > an unkind theft of other people's time. > > > > > > Erik > > > > > > น It's not that I read a digest, it's just that I've been out on the > farm > > > for a week. With threading, there's overall context from preceding > posts, > > > so it is a kindness to readers to quote only the sentences to be > replied > > > to, and to reply after the relevant question/proposition/opinion. Thus > > > the reply has intelligibility through context. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
