Top posting
Tillman Hodgson
tillman at seekingfire.com
Fri Mar 19 15:25:00 PST 2004
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 05:35:06PM -0500, Al Johnson wrote:
> I'm with you... Top-posting makes the most sense for me.
> > It comes down to opinion I think
My standard response to top-posting:
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
Top-posting may be an opinion, but RFC 1855 makes it _standard_ opinion.
Best regards,
-T
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