Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 13:37:10 -0800 From: "Joshua Lokken" <bsdaemon@eudoramail.com> To: "Johnson David" <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Top posting Message-ID: <CKPCHJNLPCDJHBAA@whowhere.com>
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:34:32 Johnson David wrote: >A CEO, vice president, director, or anyone else who thinks PowerPoint is >the pinnacle of technology, would be posting their reply in this area. >This is probably because their mail client has topposting on by >default. > >On Wednesday 26 February 2003 11:42 am, Doug Barton wrote: >> On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Joshua Lokken wrote: >> > Hey newbies >> > >> > Why do people not like topposting in replies? It seems that (from >> > my experience) that the business world in general _always_ topposts >> > replies. >> >> A) 30 years of tradition. >> B) This isn't the business world. > >But anyone else, within or without the business world, would be posting >their repy here. Bottom posting makes sense because it puts the reply >into context. People like to read from top to bottom. They don't like >to read from bottom to top just to figure out what the heck the reply >is talking about. For a 4 or 5 line post it doesn't matter too much. >But for a 4 or 5 PAGE post, it makes a big difference. > >David > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > That makes sense, thanks. Joshua Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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