Bottom vs. Top Posting (WAS: A Plea for sanity when posting to this list.)

Michael R Head burner at suppressingfire.org
Wed May 4 18:57:28 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 19:17 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:

> Top-posting can be used to set the tone of a reply, or convey general
> points relating to the entire reply. 


My question is this: if you're going to top post for this reason, why
bother quoting at all (especially in a threaded forum that already
contains the history)?

mike

> /M

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