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Re: [OT] Posting styles



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On 30.03.2012 20:28, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Paul Johnson wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Camaleón<noelamac@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:25:42 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Could someone explain me, what are "top- and bottom posting"
>>>> styles?
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
>> Though it's generally ideal to go with a conversational style, 
>> inserting new text within the quoted material for context.  Top 
>> posting almost never meets this, bottom posting only works when
>> the post you're responding to is very short.  Like this.
> 
> I'll echo this one.  Particularly when a thread gets long (as when 
> trying to debug a problem).
> 
> It gets very difficult to follow a thread when either: - there's no
> context kept in a message (you have to go back and sort through
> previous messages) - some people top post, some people bottom post,
> some people interleave
> 
> Really helps when there's a generally agreed upon convention for a
> list, and when people quote selectively.
> 
> Just one man's opinion, of course.
> 
> Miles Fidelman
> 
> 

Thank you for providing explaining to bottom post. I have now
configured Icedove and K9 Mail to do bottom posting instead of top
posting.

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