<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I usually let the subject line speak to the topic of discussion and leave the quoted matter at the bottom for readers to peruse should they so desire. So, I guess I'm guilty of "top posting(?)" which I see as a matter of personal style. In cases where interspersing answers to long questions or commenting on long statements, I tend to intersperse answers / comments after quoted material. I also agree that it's generally good to chop out needless "layers" of re-quotes. (See below.) On 01/10/2014 05:02 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:1389391357.13250.85.camel@archlinux" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Fri, 2014-01-10 at 21:56 +0000, James Freer wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I have noticed recently that more folk have been top posting. The matter was discussed at length a while back and the decision I understood was that we should bottom post.</pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> [snip] <blockquote cite="mid:1389391357.13250.85.camel@archlinux" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">No need to discuss it or to introduce something new. For mailing lists common practise is to bottom post, resp. to trim and inline post for good reasons. It's also good practise to write an off-list mail to somebody who top post to a mailing list and friendly ask her/him to do better.</pre> </blockquote> Excellent recommendation, particularly if the comment / answer is very user specific and likely to NOT be of general interest. </body> </html>