>Any mailer that offers a threaded view of a conversation will >supply more details than you want to know. Unless you are >in the habit of feeding all old emails to squirrels. I would prefer that, provided the thread did not require a point-by-point interspersed response, or the whole email being quoted as a whole (for some reason) where a top-post is more appropriate. Allowing the thread-aware mail reader to handle the threading would be great!!! everyone would have to have a threaded mail reader, AND everyone would have to NOT QUOTE ANYTHING!! I think the habit of top-posting comes from a long business use, where no one trims quoted material, because more addresses get added as time goes on, and the full contextual history is needed. So top-posting definitely has its proper use, and is not inherently "Wrong!" Having to scroll through pages and pages just to see the message changes your attitude very quickly. If you have not experienced this, then your email is just a toy. What I find interesting is going back to the USENET postings from 15-20 years ago, before many mailing lists were used, it was not top-posting that brought out the net Nazi's, but CROSS-POSTING!!! There are always going to be those that absolutely insist that their limited horizon contains the whole world that matters. i.e. their way is the best, and there can't possibly be a reason for doing it a different way.
