top posting netiquette

[Jeff Vian]

On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 09:25 +0100, Thufir wrote:
> Hiya,
> 
> Of course, this is an e-mail list.  I prefer to read it as an nntp group
> via gmane.  So, in e-mail top posting (for whatever reason) is the norm,
> while, in nntp land (usenet), top posting is frowned upon.
> 
Within an organization, or a conversation between 2 or 3 persons it is
not out of bounds to top post since that is a private conversation.

Within an email list top posting is impossible (or nearly so) to follow
for one not reading every single post.

See my other answer to this for references.

> I'm reading this list via gmane.  Top posting is in or out?
> 
> 
> -Thufir
>