[opensuse] Re: Top-Bottom Posting

Neil wrote:

On Jan 23, 2008 3:10 PM, Donald D Henson wrote:

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This is an example of top-posting. In other words, my reply is posted at the top of this message. Now scroll all the way down to the bottom of this message to see an example of bottom posting and a longer explanation of posting models.

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This is an example of bottom posting. In other words, my reply is posted at the bottom of the message. Which to use is a subject that takes on an almost religious fervor. Proponents of each posting model (see below) can give dozens of reasons why their model is best. In practice, the solution to which model is used is set by the owner(s) of the list. The owner(s) of this list appear to prefer bottom posting. A couple other things that can get you yelled at on this list is sending html mail and hijacking a thread. Hijacking is changing the topic being discussed without changing the subject line. See the subject line of this reply to see one way to change it. Okay. As promise here's some more info on the posting models, probably more than you want to know. Anyway...

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Okay I'll try and observe the simpel rule offered there: "be a sheep and folow the first one" :P (just kiddin, It's a good idea) If I read correctly I was the first one to reply and therefor set the rule to toppost, true? I personally prefer to read top posts. In the unlikely event I forgot what the original message was about I can always read on. In top posting you do not have to search where the new part starts. In bottom posting you have to find where the reply started, and start reading there. I am so unfocust I usually start reading what I already know, so bottom posting costs me a lot of time. Top posts however, I can simply start reading at the beginning and read the msg when I need it.

Neil

Top posting is great for business-memo types of communications. [Although because nobody ever TRIMS anything, each message just gets bigger and bigger and bigger..which is the first reason why top-posting is really bad for this list (archiving). The other reason it's bad is because when trying to discuss certain details within the thread, the replies are in the entirely WRONG place to follow the conversation, especially when several ideas have been suggested, tried, and have all failed. In these cases, top-posting makes everything a complete mess which is next to impossible to sort out. this

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