On (11/07/01 10:30), Ken Weingold wrote: This brings up a question of
> mine, since we are on the topic.  This comes up more in USENET than
> email, though.  You have a thread going on for a while, and want to
> quote it, but it is MANY lines.  That is where I wonder what to do,
> since you could have more than a page-worth of just quoting, and it
> is all relevent.  Still okay?  I do do it, since I think it is
> better than top-posting, but still ugly.

In news, this is necessary, because not all posts arrive on all
servers at the same time. In mail, it's not the case, since mail is
sent in a specific order, even from mailing lists.

Ailbhe

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