"Carroll, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Secondly, can someone point me to the Standard Usenet Convention that
> mandates against top-posting. This is not sarcasm; I would really like
You can read RFC 1855. Section 3.1.3 talks about newsgroups.
Section 3.1.1 has general guidelines and it includes this:
If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
enough text of the original to give a context. This will make sure
readers understand when they start to read your response. Since
NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the postings from
one host to another, it is possible to see a response to a message
before seeing the original. Giving context helps everyone. But do not
include the entire original.
I've added the "^" to mark the part where it says what should be on the top of
the message.
You can check it: http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html
Be seeing you,
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