"Horn, John" wrote:
>
> > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > A number of my friends are *required* to do top-posting and leave
> all
> > the crap below for their work e-mails. They have brought this
> habit
> > into their personal e-mails, which bugs the heck out of me,
> > and I've let
> > them know this. Doesn't always stop them.
>
> I wouldn't say we are required to top-post. But everyone does.
> Mostly for the reasons expressed in other emails. At work, I tend
> to go through an email thread and delete all but the most recent
> message(s) since I know that all the content is in it.
I exchange e-mails with people whose company policy is that you include
*everything* that has gone before and top-post. Official, from-on-high
policy.
I try to edit what I'm replying to. Sometimes it gets tricky. :) But
it's worth not having to wade through a couple of screens worth of
irrelevance when my reply is replied to.
Julia
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