Fred A. Miller wrote:
On Friday 12 August 2005 10:35 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:
On Friday 12 August 2005 9:00 am, jdd wrote:
Renegade Penguin wrote:
I know that old nettiquette *required* bottom posting, but the truth of the matter is that societal conventions can actually change.
not anybody have dsl links. please follow the standards
jdd
Really, I have asdl mysel but can't stand html posts and really don't agree with those who think that top posting has become the norm.
I agree. Top posting hasn't become the "norm," as far as I can tell. Intelligent users who've been on the Net. for awhile know better, and common sense SHOULD tell the others to bottom post. There are a number of newsgroups and elists that mandate it, and should.
Fred
Don't blame the user. In some case a user might be posting from Outlook or some other Win32 application that does not do bottom posting correctly. Also, a user may not have a choice in the app being used, like some work enviroments. This debate comes up often on our local LUGs mailing list. Personaly, following suite is the best thing to do. If the thread is bottom posted, then post at the bottom. Mike