Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:40:49 -0800
From: Sam Pierce <scpierce at gmail.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at wsfa.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Different subject now, you have been warned! [was: Re: [WSFA] Re: Has anyone read any good books lately?]
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Top posting is the default with some mail programs, such as Google
mail.  It's fine for a quick reply to a short note (or a substantially
clipped note as in this case.)  Embedding replies is only necessary
when responding to multiple points in a message.

Gmail also threads the replies as long as the subject stays the same,
and hides the quoted text to simplify the message.  If it has embedded
replies those are often hidden as well, so the reader has to "unhide"
the quoted text.

         -- sam

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:05:56 -0500, Mike B. <omni at omniphile.com> wrote:

> A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting.
> Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)?
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?