On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 12:28:35PM +1000, Peter Rundle wrote: > >top posting is the new black > > Agreed. > In spite of the claims by the bottom posters that it's more natural > because people read things in order that only applies if the reader is > reading the given e-mail in isolation. However, if the e-mail is part of > a thread and the reader has read the previous postings in order...... > > (actually I think both are wrong and snipping should be mandatory) >
Yep, Peter, you've nailed it. My thinking is tending towards top-posting, though I also tend mostly to do as the natives do. With lots of snipping. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html