Re: problem on top-post

2014-08-15 Thread John Gordon
In mailman.13027.1408076249.18130.python-l...@python.org Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au writes: Bottom-post usually refers to the inferior practice of quoting a message (entirely or large amounts) and then indiscriminately responding to all of it below all of the quoted text. I was

problem on top-post

2014-08-14 Thread luofeiyu
when i search what top-post mean: *top-post*: n., v. [common] To put the newly-added portion of an email or Usenet response before the quoted part, as opposed to the more logical sequence of quoted portion first with original following. *bottom-post*: v.In a news or mail reply, to put the

Re: problem on top-post

2014-08-14 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 15Aug2014 09:47, luofeiyu elearn2...@gmail.com wrote: when i search what top-post mean: top-post: n., v. [common] To put the newly-added portion of an email or Usenet response before the quoted part, as opposed to the more logical sequence of quoted portion first with original

Re: problem on top-post

2014-08-14 Thread John Gordon
In mailman.13017.1408067250.18130.python-l...@python.org luofeiyu elearn2...@gmail.com writes: the best way is to excerpt only the relevent portions of the parent message ,not top-post nor bottom-post , right? The followup text appears underneath the quoted parent message, thus bottom-post.

Re: problem on top-post

2014-08-14 Thread Ben Finney
luofeiyu elearn2...@gmail.com writes: the best way is to excerpt only the relevent portions of the parent message ,not top-post nor bottom-post , right? Correct; you should also interleave your responses in the context of the relevant quoted material. See at the link I provided for this style

Re: problem on top-post

2014-08-14 Thread Ben Finney
John Gordon gor...@panix.com writes: In mailman.13017.1408067250.18130.python-l...@python.org luofeiyu elearn2...@gmail.com writes: the best way is to excerpt only the relevent portions of the parent message ,not top-post nor bottom-post , right? The followup text appears underneath