Top-Posting

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 03:06:32PM -0400, Matthew S-H wrote:
> There is a very good reason for e-mail clients to place the cursor at 
> the top.  A vast quantity of e-mail is of a personal nature.  
> Top-posting is much better suited to conversations involving two people 
> than bottom posting is.  Although I feel top-posting is generally 
> better than bottom posting, I feel that top-posting is DEFINITELY 
> better than bottom-posting in personal e-mails.

I've been avoiding this discussion, but the above answer
fascinates me. Why does personal email entail a different
sort of quoting than mailing-list mail?

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