> Flowed text and top-posting have become the norm in mainstream email So have a lot of other horrible things, such as spam. Popularity, especially mainstream popularity, is no measure of goodness, or we should all immediately switch to Windows on peecees.
I have no problem with flowed text - when done according to the spec, a spec which exists for good reason. As for top-posting, I've already written about why I consider most instances of it arrogant rudeness (see my blah post at http://ftp.rodents-montreal.org/mouse/blah/2012-09-26-1.html) and have seen no reason to change that opinion. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B