From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 21 16:54:25 2004 Return-Path: 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 5EFB816A4CE for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 16:54:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from ispmxmta06-srv.alltel.net (ispmxmta06-srv.alltel.net [166.102.165.167]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A227443D2F for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 16:54:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from uidzero@one-arm.com) Received: from one-arm.com ([166.102.51.13]) by ispmxmta06-srv.alltel.net with ESMTP id <20040322005423.VREJ9949.ispmxmta06-srv.alltel.net@one-arm.com> for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:54:23 -0600 Message-ID: <405E3940.3080706@one-arm.com> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:54:24 -0600 From: uidzero User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040321) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Questions References: <20040319172130.GB2044@cs025_2k> <20040319174618.GH64130@keyslapper.org> <20040319223506.GA63254@bhunter.net> <20040320195318.GA923@alex.lan> <20040321014349.GJ52612@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20040322004607.GZ52612@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20040322004607.GZ52612@wantadilla.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Top posting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 00:54:25 -0000 > >"Bottom posting", where you leave the entire previous message, is only >marginally better than top posting. > >If the text is important, you should be reading it. If it isn't, the >sender shouldn't have included it. > >On the contrary, it shows you what the discussion is about. In this >example, I'm answering your points one by one. I'll repeat the whole >thing with top posting. Tell me if it's easier to read. > >Agreed, mixing styles is the worst of the lot. That's a very good >reason to insist on one style. > >What's wrong with the convention we have? I'll answer this message a >third time in the style you propose. Tell me if it's easier to read. > > > Greg, This one just gets too long after a thread of 5 or more. I can relate to the others but, I just don't read any of the thread to start with if the subject or the original post doesn't concern me. :) That's just me though. Michael -- Michael D. Whities uidzero@one-arm.com http://www.one-arm.com