[GLLUG] OT: Top posting/Bottom posting

[Sean O'Malley]

I prefer top posting for standalone replies or short answers. I
prefer bottom posting or interjected for additional comments/threads.

I would hate to make anyone not feel welcome to post here because they
choose to top reply instead of injected thoughful comments especially if
they come to the meetings!

I think this thread is pretty pointless.  It is about as stupid as the
whether you can use anything besides '>' as reply delineator marker thing.
Because someone on the list uses ':' and supposedly it isn't covered in
the RFC.





On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Jennifer wrote:

> Scott Harrison wrote:
>
> >Hi Matt et al:
> >
> >Looking back through the last 10 GLLUG messages in my
> >e-mail folder, top-posting appears to be the convention.
> >For example, every other respondent top-posted to Tom's
> >original question.  Earlier threads in my mailbox show
> >a similar pattern.
> >
> >Top-posting is of course a serious issue for some like you:
> >http://dissemble.net/tlug-archive/02-10/31747.html
> >
> >I'd say whatever the list admin wants is cool.
> >Contact him and suggest he post something
> >on the relevant website.
> >
> >
> I am amazed by this insistance on bottom-posting. I have never heard
> this discussed or debated before, and apparently, it's a hot-button
> issue on this list. I've been on the 'net since '94 or '95, and I have
> been a member of countless email groups and even owned/moderated quite a
> few over the years, so I'm not just some air-headed newbie who doesn't
> even know what RTFM means.
>
> I've always relied on subject lines for topic, and preferred the reply
> to be the first thing I see when I open the message.
>
> After reading the link addressed above, I understand better why it's an
> issue here, and why it's a good thing for some lists. I'll do my best to
> follow list convention, but I hope everyone will understand if I forget;
> years of habit are hard to undo.
>
> Jennifer
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