Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2114 mails)

[Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stevens wrote:
> Eberhard, and others:
> 
> I view the list's messages individually in kmail, not as a newsgroup
> and not with a threaded view. It matters not to me if someone top 
> posts, bottom posts or inserts comments in the included text.
> 
> In fairness to those who make the "mistake" of top posting, many
> email clients (especially the free ones, like Yahoo mail) put you
> at the top of any included text when you do a "reply to". It takes
> a bit of effort to invert that order. Also, most, if not all, corporate
> email exchanges use top posting, so insisting that users bottom
> post is forcing users to modify their behavior to satisfy the limits
> of the software (your threading newsgroup stuff).
> 
> Like I said above, I don't give a rip one way or the other. I just find it
> amusing that I can almost set my watch to the time that it takes
> someone to admonish "No top post, please!"

My favorite "Why is Bottom-posting better than Top-posting" page:

http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

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