top posting netiquette

[Thierry Sayegh De Bellis]

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Thufir wrote:
>  in e-mail top posting (for whatever reason) is the norm,
> while, in nntp land (usenet), top posting is frowned upon.
> 

email top posting is not a norm, it's a consequence of a crap
implementation from microsoft that defaults to top posting.
a *good* email client will let you bottom post by default and you
*should* trim the previous message of the irrelevant bits.


> I'm reading this list via gmane.  Top posting is in or out?
the real question is are you reading from bottom to top or from top to
bottom? that will give you the answer on the in or out..
I, for one, tend to read from top to bottom...

my $0.02
T.

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