André Warnier wrote: > > Jeff Haferman wrote: >> Jeff "Top-Posting is not Bad because you have to scroll to the bottom to see >> what you're after" Haferman wrote: >> > [...] > > quote : > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > Bottom-posting preserves the logical order of the replies and is consistent > with the > Western reading direction from top to bottom. > > unquote. > > My comment was not meant to start a flame war, just to remind you (and > gently, at that) of > what the usage rules of this list are. Even if for your own personal > communications > elsewhere you prefer to use another style, when you are going somewhere in > order to get > free help in resolving a problem of yours, and you obtain such help freely > given, it would > seem just mere politeness to abide by the customs of the place, no ? > [snip]
...you will note that I subsequently *did* bottom-post. This is an endless debate that has been going on for a couple of decades. I will abide by the mailing list rules, that does not mean I have to agree with the rationale. End of story. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
