On Sep 7, 2006, at 4:58 PM, g wrote:
i'm sorry what is top posting?

Compare:

A: Putting the reply above the question.
Q: What is top posting?

...to:

Q: What is the preferred way to exchange email on the FreeBSD lists?
A: Quote what you reply to [1], then put your response or answer afterwards.

:-)

if it is offensive, i certainly don't mean to do it.

No harm done.
It's just much easier to follow conversations on the mailing list when people do not top-post.

--
-Chuck

[1]: And if there is a lot of content, trim all but a relevant paragraph or two, rather than quoting hundreds of lines in order to add a one-line statement.

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