In case nobody told you, this is a mailinglist, not usenet. To be more precise, this is a reliable method of ensuring that anything you reply to has already been read, thus you shouldn't need to scroll through the question all of the time to get to the answer. However, for the people who wish to backstop, it's important that the question be in the same message as the answer so that misteaks can be corrected contextually. Thus top posting is more appropriate. Needless to say, the best method is to let the replier define how their reply goes, but you really didn't do that to Hall, so I feel justified in correcting you.
On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: >On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 08:26:35 -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote: >> Now, 'use postfix response' ?? > >"Reply below the text you're responding to". > >To borrow a sig: "Answering above the the original message is called top >posting. Sometimes also called the Jeopardy style. Usenet is Q & A not A & >Q." -- Bob Gootee > -- Galt's sci-fi paradox: Stormtroopers versus Redshirts to the death. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
