Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 06:24:52 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: MT: top-posting Message-ID: <15203.62084.40909.149342@guru.mired.org>
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I'm seeing an increase in the number of answers that "top post". That is, the answer is placed above the text of the question. Like wrapping the text of a message, this seems like a good idea at first glance, and might actually be a local improvement. But the result of global adoption of such practices is to make reading - and replying - to email harder. To quote Greg Lehey's "How to get best results from FreeBSD-questions" <URL: http://www.lemis.com/questions.html#answer >: 9. Put your response in the correct place (after the text to which it replies). It's very difficult to read a thread of responses where each reply comes before the text to which it replies. So, would everyone please stop top posting? Thanx, <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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