top posting netiquette

Charles Curley charlescurley at charlescurley.com
Fri Sep 29 20:08:52 UTC 2006


On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 03:33:51PM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> jdow wrote:
> >From: "Thufir" <hawat.thufir at gmail.com>
> >
> >>Hiya,
> >>
> >>Of course, this is an e-mail list.        I see Thufir is being a
> >> I prefer to read it as an nntp group     troll turd. Don't answer
> >>via gmane.  So, in e-mail top posting     him. Besides, side posting
> >>(for whatever reason) is the norm,        is the only sure way to get
> >>while, in nntp land (usenet), top         it all correct.
> >>posting is frowned upon.
> >>
> >>I'm reading this list via gmane.  Top
> >>posting is in or out?
> >>
> >>
> >>-Thufir                                    {^,-}  Joanne
> >
> Isn't saide posting normally done to the left?

I assume you mean said posting, which is usually only done in Egypt.

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