Mailing list woes

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 16:37, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> On Wed, 06 May 2009 15:31:15 +0100
> Charlie Gray <cgray at xelix.net> wrote:
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> Putting your responses on top is called top posting.
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>> Hi,
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>> Sorry to be so ignorant, but what do you mean by 'top posting' or
>> 'bottom posting'?
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> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists/etiquette requests
> that you place your comments on the bottom, which is called bottom posting.
> This allows the entire message to be read in the sequence it
> is written in, like reading a magazine article.
>
> Thanks for asking.


A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?