Mike,
What, exactly, is the problem with top posting ?
Sure, if you top post then the reader has to swing to the bottom and go
backwards
to pick the thread properly. However, the other way around then the writer has
to always go to the bottom to post. Either way someone has to do some rolling.
At 07:55 PM 7/29/2009, WB6BNQ wrote...
What, exactly, is the problem with top posting ?
Nothing, if you read books starting with the last chapter, working
forward.
Top posters are a result of the lame default of many MUAs, including MS
Outlook, which place the insertion point for a reply a
Mike S wrote:
At 07:55 PM 7/29/2009, WB6BNQ wrote...
What, exactly, is the problem with top posting ?
Nothing, if you read books starting with the last chapter, working forward.
Top posters are a result of the lame default of many MUAs, including MS
Outlook, which place the insertion point
At 08:54 PM 7/29/2009, Mike Naruta AA8K wrote...
Be sure to inform your physician that he files your
medical chart incorrectly with the most recent
information on top.:)
So that's why they have such bad handwriting - they're forced to write
backwards starting at the bottom of the page.
Golly,
Top posting has been used since the very first email programs
were written... I was there.
Back in the day, people were using 110 and 300 baud connections,
and it was a real pain to have to download several pages of quoted
message only to see "me to" at the bottom.
Initially, this argume
At 09:43 PM 7/29/2009, Chuck Harris wrote...
Top posting has been used since the very first email programs
were written... I was there.
Really? You used READMAIL/SNDMSG, and exchanged emails with Ray
Tomlinson?
Bottom posting has been the preferred method from day 1 for USENET,
which is the
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Oh CRAP,
Here we go again. Top, Bottom, left and right posting has been
debated on just about every news group since the beginning of time
(maybe diagonal also) ..LET IT GO!!!
Had
K7MLR
At 07:25 PM 7/29/2009, you wrote:
At 09:43 PM 7/29/2009, Chuck Harris wrote...
Top posting has
Top Posting, Mid Posting or Bottom Posting,
I agree to not discuss it extensively.
But why it is necessary to fill up the archive space with twice, triple or even
more times of:
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Has anyone discussed making this mailing list into a centralised forum
on web server. The benefits would be that all replies are naturally
threaded, so it's easy to scroll and see context, and threads do not
get disjointed by some broken email systems out there. This system
lends itself to being ab
Two reasons not to do it:
First, not every one has broadband.
I delete most posts, keeping only those of interest, and filing them
locally. I don't want to plow through all posts to refind something.
-John
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At 03:02 AM 8/2/2009, Steve Rooke wrote:
Has anyone discussed making this mailing list into a centralised forum
on web server. The benefits would be that all replies are naturally
I would absolutely not prefer a web forum. Hate 'em for many
reasons. Usenet and privately run email lists are b
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