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Date:      Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:59:45 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
To:        Dak Ghatikachalam <dghatikachalam@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: What is this mean by this term
Message-ID:  <20070117195629.Q76325@tripel.monochrome.org>
In-Reply-To: <ba29b9b40701171648h76316236m6ce582765f1a8545@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <ba29b9b40701171648h76316236m6ce582765f1a8545@mail.gmail.com>

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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.

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Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
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