Re: Top Posting Question

[Ian Chapman <packages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

alan wrote:

> People learn their posting habits from the first environment they used 
> e-mail in. 

Totally true. Before the days when The Internet became as ubiquitous as 
it is now, I would post to a mail network called Fidonet. This was 
carried around the world by amateurs, primarily using dial-up modems and 
often very slow modems < 2400bps at their own expense. Not trimming 
replies, top posting, and huge sigs would soon get you banned because of 
the unnecessary expense incurred. The modem is long gone but the habit 
has remained! :)

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Ian Chapman.