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Re: [OT] top posting



Ken Irving <fnkci@uaf.edu>:
>  On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 12:00:28PM +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 03:49:52PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote:
> > > In fact, it's a social convention, a matter of etiquette.  The practice
> > > varies, and some lists work the other way, but on this and many lists
> > > the convention is to top post, trim heartily, try to get the attributions
> 
>  Arghh... that should've been "bottom post", or at least "to not top post"...
>                    
> > It the convention is to top post then we don't seem to be following the 
> > convention. ( I thought it was to not top post ?)
> 
>  Yup, I screwed that up pretty well. ;-) 

Good follow-through, though.  :-)  I knew what you meant, and I knew
you weren't advocating top-posting.

I prefer "bottom post, and trim heartily."  Attributions are good too
(Joerg S.y). 


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