From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 28 16:45:23 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC8D416A422 for ; Sat, 28 May 2005 16:45:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74924443A9 for ; Sat, 28 May 2005 16:28:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1Dc4BB-0002KN-Ib for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 28 May 2005 10:28:53 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) In-Reply-To: <200505271216.49174.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> References: <200505271145.23862.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <200505271216.49174.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Message-Id: <41DBA3DB-4248-4F83-877A-1BFDFC6B1BFF@shire.net> From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 10:28:52 -0600 To: bsd List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) Subject: Re: Top Posting (was: [Freebsd 5.4 not finding my NIC]) 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: Sat, 28 May 2005 16:45:24 -0000 someone wrote: >>> Think about the effect of long paragraphs and then having to move >>> backwards and forwards and you read one paragraph downwards and >>> then are >>> foprced to move upwards to read the subsequent posting.... >>> Tha means scanning and rescanning. >>> Top posting is neither sensible or practicable for the reader. >>> I learnt from those who showed me when I started using email well >>> before >>> the internet began. >>> Take care >>> >> Utter BS. You don't have to move back and forth to the top and to the bottom. A lot of us follow a thread and don't like to have to read the whole thread each time an update is made. There are times when top posting is MORE APPROPRIATE and times when top post is LESS APPROPRIATE. Top posting is not evil and often is EASIER to read. And often not. But long drawn on threads are often read easier with top posting so that those of us who remember what happened earlier in the thread can get to the meat of it and we can just scroll down as much as necessary to catch up. If everyone top posted in a thread it is easy to read that way. Email user since before 1984. Chad