On 31/10/24 09:04, Bob Marčan via users wrote:
On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:54:47 -0400
"Felix Miata"<mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote:

Stephen Morris composed on 2024-10-31 08:46 (UTC+1100):

Just on the etiquette front, every organisation I have worked in
consider it bad email etiquette to not top post replies, so what are the
reasons for this mail list to be averse to that methodology (just curious).
A: Top-posters who don't trim mailing list footers and .sigs.
Q: What's the 2nd most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of the discussion
       and promotes unnecessary quoting.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
--
The only sensible answer. It spoils the logical sequence.
No problems, thankyou, I was just curious because the other thing I forgot to mention is those organisations also had the "standard" that if your reply was not top posted your reply would not be read.

regards,
Steve


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