Agreed, really ... it's a matter of being appropriate rather than arbitrary or flying on auto pilot. For example, if the salient info that you're quoting is just a sentence or two, replying with bottom posting may be the better choice. If the quoted message or text is long, and especially if the reply is succinct, top posting pay be a better option. Having to scroll through a long series of messages or text only to get to the bottom to find the reply to be <LOL> is sometimes annoying or frustrating. And interspersed certainly can be a preference.
So, let's think about how we post. Better? ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi < > > BOTTOM POSTING: ... > > The question of top vs bottom posting, or in-stream quotation/ > responses by section, has been the subject of debate and controversy > on net forums and mailing lists for many years. To adopt one, the > other, or the third explicitly by fiat is dogmatic and likely not > going to work ... some people prefer the "sensible" top to bottom > stream, others prefer to see the net material up top, and for other > situations, like this one, 'in-stream' responses make more sense. (I > try to adopt whatever the standing style is in long threads, and > reorder top to bottom or bottom to top based on how the conversation > flows best.)
