Re: [OT] top posting

["s. keeling" <keeling@nucleus.com>]

Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au>:
> 
>  All I am trying to point out is for a normal user ( ie somebody who
>  is subscribed to the list), when a thread starts, you read them in
>  date/time order as them come in, why seems illogical to have to
>  scroll through stuff that you have just read.  The exception is of
>  course when you start a thread in the middle.

And another is when you land on the same post in the archives, or
groups.google.com and you have to try to make sense of a mish-mash of
reply styles.

>  I believe (maybe wrongly ) that this mailing list is a non
>  top-posting list, I try and conform.

You're correct.  List policy prefers "snip irrelevancies and bottom
post."

>  if I have offended my appologies

Not here.  Have fun.


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