On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 13:36 -0500, Crisler, Jon wrote: snip > As for the signature not making sense; It makes perfect sense from the > perspective of a lawyer specializing in intellectual property, > electronic communication, and patents. As for regular human beings? You > decide. > True, but a major bandwidth waster for a list like this. Some users have opted to go with the personal mail account for the exact reason you give.... they have no control over the disclaimer and they choose to follow the list etiquette. > That said, I still think that top posting is a timesaver when > following a thread. Just my opinion. > -- > > David top posting may be a timesaver for the conversation between 2 or 3 persons. The expectation there is that you send it - they read it immediately. For conversations between thousands (the mailing list) many of whom read the mail at different times of day and where my reply to your post may follow replies made by 10 other persons, during the time lag between your post and my reading/replying, top posting is horrendous.
