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 for a reply at the top. Other
than the illogical flow, most top-posters are lazy (they just hit reply
Be sure to inform your physician that he files your
medical chart incorrectly with the most recent
information on top. :)
and start typing), and leave the entire quoted content in place, in most
cases (I'd bet), not even realizing the full content of their email
below their reply. Five levels of replies are not needed for context,
I think that in-line posting is the most inconvenient.
After a few message exchanges, I give up trying to
find my way through the mess.
especially on an email reflector, where all messages go to all
participants.
By bottom posting (or better yet, inline), one is forced to go through
I sincerely hope that we're not in for a massive
discussion of bottom-posting versus top-posting.
the text one is including for context, which encourages trimming it to a
reasonable amount.
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