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Date:      Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:58:01 +0100 (CET)
From:      Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein-freebsd-questions@theloosingend.net>
To:        Ben Haysom <ben.haysom@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   OT: Top posting [Re: Hello List]
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[Ben Haysom, 2004-11-10]
>  What is top posting?

A: Because it reverses the natural flow of the conversation?
Q: Why is that bad?
A: To write your raply on top of the original message
Q: What is top posting?


(I find that qouting in a resonable manner is far more important than 
wheter the response is on top or not)



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