From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 18 01:01:02 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B079116A407 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:01:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59CBE13C44C for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:01:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from tripel (tripel [192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0I10tBl082767; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:00:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:59:45 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill To: Dak Ghatikachalam In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20070117195629.Q76325@tripel.monochrome.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: What is this mean by this term 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: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:01:02 -0000 On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting , > > What do we mean by "top-posting" Top-posting is when you put your reply above the orginal message. The problem is evident when you get many people responding to each other; it rapidly becomes difficult to determine who said what, and well-nigh impossible to follow the flow of the discussion. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]