To quote the Wikipedia definition: "Top-posting is considered improper by some OLDER DEFINITIONS of Internet etiquette since it breaks down the flow of the thread:" It's time to embrace change, change is good. Top posting gis here to stay especially because of GMAIL and outlook... On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:18:47 -0600, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 11:55, Rick Stevens wrote: > > Don't forget that a lot of the posters are used to that POS virus known > > as Outlook, and it defaults to top-posting as well. > > Outlook, like any other mail editor, allows you to position your cursor > wherever you like before typing... However people on business email > distribution lists tend to prefer top posting because the responses > come quickly enough that the previous one isn't forgotten and everyone > wants the complete conversation log intact instead of just the snippet > that this message addresses. > > > Gang, bottom posting has been the standard since Usenet was invented. > > Hell, I still have an ARPA address and looking back at the archives > > shows that we've ALWAYS used bottom posting. > > Internet mailing lists have different objectives. People tend to > imitate what they've seen first. Not everyone was at a university > during the ARPA days... > > -- > Les Mikesell > les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Phil Labonte plabonte@xxxxxxxxx
