From: "Ernest Lilley" <elilley at mindspring.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 goo
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:29:05 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Dear Mr. Walsh,

In reply to your posting of March 29th, allow me to point out that before
the use of computers, cutting and pasting was a manual affair, and such
labor being dear, even in those days, was sensibly kept to a minimum,
obviating any need for considerations such as top posting.

There was, however, a dodge that is quite like it, which was frequently. It
was, "Please see attached" which seems to me to be the model top posters
emulate.

Should you require further illumination of this matter, please feel free to
contact me.

Respectfully,

Ernest Lilley

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email: elilley at mindspring.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Walsh [mailto:MJW at press.jhu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:19 AM
To: WSFAlist at WSFA.org
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Different subject now,you have been warned!
[was:Re:[WSFA] Re: Has anyone read any goo

> omni at omniphile.com 3/28/2005 10:04:10 PM >>>
>At 06:59 PM 3/28/05 -0500, Ted White wrote:
>>
>>Top-posting is standard in the business world, which is where
>Microsoft
>>operates.
>
>Which came first, business world top-posting or Microsoft's mail
>software?
>
>Prior to regular business use of e-mail there generally wasn't any
>quoting
>in replies.  Just, "In reference to your letter of March 22...".

Interesting.

Perhaps the business enviroment had no interest in dealing with usenet,
and therefore felt they could ignore it all.

Then their domesticated emails started showing up in the Darwinian
world of usenet.

Chicken? Egg?

mjw