Top Posting

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 14:36 -0500, Raeven Cogan wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         
>         On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 14:19 -0500, Raeven Cogan wrote:
>         >  What is top posting and how can avoid doing it? I am sorry
>         for asking
>         > such a simple question but I have never been part of a
>         mailing list
>         > until now; thus, I have no idea what I am doing.
>         >
>         
>         
>         Just look at the other posters and follow the examples of
>         replying. That
>         is always a good thing to do when entering a
>         email-list ...check out the
>         lay of the land, so to speak. Top-posting is replying to the
>         post with
>         your reply on top. It doesn't read well at all. The effect is
>         like this:
>         
>         Abby: "Smack it with a broom!"
>         Dear Abby: "There is a spider in my bathtub!"
>         

> Excuse me, but is this bottom posting or am I still incorrect?

Hey! You're getting it!! Next time delete the old taglines and anything
you deem superfluous to the "conversation"! You're doing fine. See? I
trimmed out lines not needed. No one will kill me. <grins> Ric
 
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My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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