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[Ben Haysom, 2004-11-10]
>  What is top posting?

A: Because it reverses the natural flow of the conversation?
Q: Why is that bad?
A: To write your raply on top of the original message
Q: What is top posting?


(I find that qouting in a resonable manner is far more important than 
wheter the response is on top or not)