Bottom post
On 10/14/2015 08:07 AM, Coll-Barth, Michael wrote:
-Original Message-
From: William K Helbig Jr [mailto:whel...@windstream.net]
A quick lesson on top posting.
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:23 AM, Dale Erwin
wrote:
> People who top post never look below the first few lines of any message
> and cannot be bothered to weed out and eliminate irrelevant content,
>
Enough already...
Dale I don't appreciate being put down: "People who top post never look
below
> -Original Message-
> From: William K Helbig Jr [mailto:whel...@windstream.net]
>
> A quick lesson on top posting.
>
> 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
On 10/14/2015 12:05 AM, Marilyn Safier wrote:
Why it has become prevalent?
Because you can read it first and only need to go below if you need to
refer to something, that's why!
People who top post never look below the first few lines of any message
and cannot be bothered to weed out and elimi
I'll return the favor!
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Dale Erwin
wrote:
> On 10/13/2015 4:13 PM, William K Helbig Jr wrote:
>
>> A quick lesson on top posting.
>>
>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>> Q: Why is top-pos
On 10/13/2015 4:13 PM, William K Helbig Jr wrote:
A quick lesson on top posting.
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?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Helbig Jr wrote:
>
> A quick lesson on top posting.
>
> 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?
>
> http://en.wikiped
W.H.: Thanks for the ref -- which notes that other styles have advocates.
Many business users prefer top posting as it shows the action focus.
I understand your preference for bottom posting, but that requires
more reading to get to the focus.
Not everyone wants to re read all. But forum users
A quick lesson on top posting.
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?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
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