Thus, Tim at Thu Oct 25 03:43:10 2007 inscribed: > On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 17:16 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > However, when you google for e-mail etiquette you can't find a source > > that recommends bottom posting. I am afraid this is a peculiarity of > > fedora-list people. > > It's also called "usenet style quoting," which predates mailing lists. Excellent example from http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/quote.html Where is the best place to put quoted text? Above or below my comments? From an unknown origin: A: Top posters. Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet? I see this apply to mailing lists as well, as the use of a mailing list is much the same as a newsgroup. Only real difference is in the propagation of content. Two further quotes from the page: <quote> Adapted from an advisory posting by Bob Gootee: Answering above the original message is called top posting. Sometimes also called the Jeopardy style. Usenet is Q & A not A & Q. (The name obviously comes from the game of Jeopardy, where the competitor is given the answer before the question.) A similar point from a posting by Tuomas Venhola: If you start with your answer, it is a bit like telling the punch-line before giving the background. </quote> Maybe the top-post proponents will understand the idea of usenet and mailing list quoting preferences with that? Cheers. -- Anders Karlsson <anders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> All-Round Linux Tinkerer & RHCE
