21 Oct
2011
21 Oct
'11
12:50 p.m.
On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, David Riley wrote:
Yes, I tend to forget about top-/bottom-posting
customs on older mailing
lists. I got used to bottom-posting, then in the professional world it
ended up freaking people out ("you sent me an empty reply!" from people
who don't bother to check the bottom), so I got used to the other way.
Ah, well. I see the merits of both approaches, it's just hard to keep
them straight in my head. :-)
Bottom posting requires coscientious trimming of quoted material.
Top posting encourages leaving an archive of everything that has been said
since the last time that somebody trimmed.
Accordingly the terminally clueless (such as college administators) who
will never learn simple etiquette of trimming, need to be on top-posting
systems. Note that Outhouse (and State Farm's Clueless Messaging) push
top-posting.
We operate on the assumption that those who finally get admitted here are
those who are capable of learning.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com