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[Mihamina Rakotomandimby]

> jessejazza at googlemail.com :
>Top posting:
>1] most emails are a response to a specific query that one replies to
>generally and thus quoted text isn't used. Like my email today from
>the lawyer... just a two liner to say he'd received the documents i'd
>sent. In personal email one is not often referring to specifics in the
>same way as on usenet. You often know from the subject line what to
>expect when you receive a reply so don't need to read through again.
>2] corporation email is often set-up so that emails are automatically
>trimmed after four (or so) replies - or limit number of lines.
>3] quicker... which means one responds to more mail.
>4] reverse chronological order... like CVs

Mostly used by LAZZY people: they dont care, they just wipe down and
write. They should not be surprised if the correspondant is lazzy
to read, understand and think before answering.

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                                                                      RMA.