From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 03:04:39 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02C8716A417 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:04:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from mx-outbound01.easydns.com (mailout1.easydns.com [205.210.42.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E57E313C461 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:04:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from lilypad.shadypond.com (69-12-173-117.static.humboldt1.com [69.12.173.117]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx-outbound01.easydns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFBAB48587 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:13:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from slider.shadypond.com (slider.shadypond.com [192.168.1.11]) by lilypad.shadypond.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8C99B83C for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:04:34 +0000 (UTC) From: Pollywog To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:04:16 +0000 References: <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F06468CE8@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz> In-Reply-To: <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F06468CE8@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711230304.16242.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> Subject: Re: top posting (off-topic) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:04:39 -0000 On Thursday 22 November 2007 21:22:50 Brent Jones wrote: > Sorry if this is a bit off topic for this list, but it seem to be a > comment that comes up very regularly; "please don't top post..." > > I for one prefer top posting, as usually I have read a particular thread > enough times that I like to cut to the chase and read the new input > without having to scroll down, sometimes navigating an endless nesting > of >>> For me, reading through top posted replies saves time and > effort. If I happened to miss something in the conversation I can > scroll down to find it. > > Anyone else feel the same? Since most people don't like top-posting, I try not to do it except occasionally in personal email. I don't do it on mailing lists.