TopPosting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pierre Frenkiel]

I entirely agree with John.
We all read from top to bottom, which means that if you want to specify what
part of the post you are replying to, it must be before the reply.
As an example:

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, John DeCarlo wrote:

> While I tend to prefer bottom posting, it is only useful when there is very
> little text quoted.
      I agree

> Ideally, with proper threading, you would not need to quote the previous
> message at all, making this a moot point.
     true, unless you reply to a specific part

> Finally, if there is interesting and complicated information, it should be
> inline, not top or bottom, in a way that lets you see which parts the
> responses belong to.
      more generally, you may want to reply only to a part of the post

Pierre Frenkiel