"Top posting"
Whats that?
hehehe
--- -{ Rene Brehmer }- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Most mail programs have their default settings set
> for top posting ...
> while most news clients are set for bottom posting
> .... which way is the
> most preferable depends on what's most useful for
> your reply ... but those
> that enjoy mixing top and bottom posting are the
> daft ones ... once a
> thread goes into top posting, it's easier to simply
> continue that way ...
> otherwise it gets utterly confusing ....
>
> But some kinds of replies, especially to long windy
> posts, are better made
> at the bottom or inline ... or a mix .... especially
> lists like this one
> where it's alot of programming code, are usually
> easier to read when
> bottom/inline posted .... while regular commentary
> lists benefit more from
> the top posting ...
>
> There's advantages and disadvantages to both
> principles, and some people
> prefer one over the other ... but it's really
> depending on the actual
> content and nature of the discussion whether the one
> is preferable to each
> other...
>
> In either method, learn to trim, and everyone will
> be much happier nomatter
> how you reply ... any properly configured signature
> will be removed
> automatically by a properly written client program
> ... but the rest of the
> crud you really need to peel out with manual labour
> ...
>
>
> Rene
>
> At 00:33 19-09-2004, Robert Cummings wrote:
> >*RUH ROH* Better watch out, top posting is an
> extremely unpopular
> >discussion. Some members of the list will attempt
> to lambaste you and
> >tell you that because the rules are written, then
> they must be the final
> >word. Feel free to post however you please, while
> the dogs might bark
> >loudly, they are at a safe distance. You'll notice
> that many, many
> >people top post. Some people top post, some bottom
> post, and almost
> >everyone at some point interlace posts. Don't
> forget that at one time
> >people thought the world was flat because people
> said it was so, of
> >course we know better now, but change usually comes
> at the price of old
> >customs, and some old dogs hate new tricks.
> >
> >Happy top posting,
> >Rob.
>
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> aka Metalbunny
>
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