[ubuntu-uk] Top Posting

[mac]

On 23/11/11 10:10, Norman Silverstone wrote:
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> I am not a computer nerd, just an 'old codger'. When I started to use
> email I was instructed to put my remarks after the lines upon which I
> was commenting and to snip out superfluous material...

Being an old codger, too, I agree with Norman.  The key is to be 
considerate to your reader:  edit the quote so there is just enough to 
provide context (which is true for interlaced replies, too, where required).

Top posting is then normally only necessary in enterprise e-mail where 
audit trails (=watching your back!) can be important.  (And enterprises 
have so much server space  that the ridiculous waste of storage caused 
by thousands of unedited, repetitious, 'House That Jack Built' e-mail 
chains doesn't matter, does it?)

Like someone else in this thread, I just don't bother reading unedited 
exchanges where I have to scroll down 2000 lines to get to a 
bottom-posted, single-sentence comment.  It's not considerate, and if 
you can't be bothered to edit, at least save your readers a lot of 
trouble by top-posting!

mac