Rob, et al -- ...and then Rob Dixon said... % % Hi John, all
Hi! % % "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message % [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... % > % > [ top-posting fixed ] % % I'm wondering how much of an error, if any, people think this is? I Oooh, that's quite a can of worms :-) % personally choose to top-post so that anybody reading through a thread won't Bleah. % have to page to the end of each post to get to new content. Also end-posting Well, that's even worse, so I suppose you're not *all* bad... % can be missed by those who don't think to look there! I can find nothing in % the group guidelines to support either method. Of course not... This used to be well-known netiquette but, with the advent of Outhouse and similar mailers as well as the vast expansion of the 'net (and the blurring of Usenet, WWW, and Internet), it has become old history or even myth. % % I'd like to do what people prefer so, comments please...? Well, I know you aren't going to please everyone :-) You should probably do what you decide, after consideration, is best and leave it at that. Bottom-posting is absolutely the worst. It implies leaving in everything that has been said so far, which is also the worst. Top-posting is also way down there, but a little better. It still implies leaving in the history of the world, but at least you don't have to page down through it all. Quoting the [relevant!] parts of the message and then responding directly in the body, as I have here, is the best way to go (of course, since it's what I do :-) Useless content is removed; [less and less relevant] history is trimmed away as it becomes ancient; who said what is easily preserved through quoting levels, and answers or comments are right next to their respective questions or statements. While I'm on the subject, breaking lines at 72 chars or so (to leave some room for said quoting) instead of letting them wrap, posting in ASCII instead of HTML or both, and succinct signatures (no 40-line masterpieces of ASCII art, please) are also Very Good Things. There's lots more, too. Ask google for 'netiquette' and you'll get lots of hits, the first of which should be Virginia Shea's book site. It's worth checking out the "Looking Good Online" section at http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/0963702513p58.html and the "Signature Files" section thereafter. % % Thanks, Sure thing! % % Rob HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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