A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
A: No. Q: Should I leave quotations after my reply? More in the proper place. On 8/12/05, Desi Penguin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I know that messages get rejected just because the reply starts at the > > > top rather than *after* the original post (which in itself is > > > ridiculous rule, but I respect it none-the-less) > > > > Why is it ridiculous ? > > because most standard mail clients, like outlook as well as gmail, > start the editing on top of the original email. > because people start writing and reading from top to bottom. > Exactly my point. Context should come before the actual reply. > One has to *remember* to scroll down and start the reply. I know > people who decided it is *not* worth their time on mailing list which > will *not* moderate name calling (as original poster had mentioned), > but will reject mails based on (incorrect) formatting. > You have to consider that a little extra effort by you is going to save a lot of extra effort for others. If you top-post, people have to first scroll right down to get the context, and then scroll up again for your reply. > I think we might be loosing (possiblly technically) good people's help > due to 'ridiculous' rules. > > Instead of asking point blank "why is it ridiculous" it would have > helped to give your points "why it is NOT ridiculous" I think this is > what original poster was implying, lack of maturity/holier-than-thou > approach of the (few, but very vocal) pluggies. > Ok. Lets consider this logically. First, when you reply, your mail, including the quoted text is supposed to have only what is relevant to the context of the reply. All other parts should be trimmed out. If this is adhered to, it is much easier to read the reply in the context of the conversation. This applies not just to archives, but to any mailing list, where many people might not be following the whole thread and want the relevant context before the actual reply. Which is why I think it's NOT ridiculous. -aditya -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
