Mailing list woes

[Roy Smith]

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Charlie Gray wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry to be so ignorant, but what do you mean by 'top posting' or
> 'bottom posting'?

It's referring to when you reply to a message and your email or
newsgroup client quotes the text of the message you are replying to.  In
top posting, your reply text is placed before the quoted text, and in
bottom posting it's placed after the quoted text.  Here are a few examples:

Top posting:

	Of course you don't!

	> Do you answer questions before they are asked?

Bottom posting:

	> Do you answer questions before they are asked?

	Of course you don't!


Some people prefer top posting as they then won't have to scroll down to
see the response to their question.  But others prefer bottom posting
because that's the natural flow of asking a question, and then you get
an answer.

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Roy Smith
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
Registered Linux User #488144
Registered Ubuntu User #26841
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