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On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 19:17 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Top-posting can be used to set the tone of a reply, or</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">convey general points relating to the entire reply. </FONT><BR>
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My question is this: if you're going to top post for this reason, why bother quoting at all (especially in a threaded forum that already contains the history)?<BR>
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mike
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">/M</FONT>
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Michael R Head <<A HREF="mailto:burner@suppressingfire.org">burner@suppressingfire.org</A>><BR>
GPG: http://www.suppressingfire.org/~burner/gpg.key.txt (ID 23A02B1F)
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