Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:42:39 -0400
From: "Paul Haggerty" <Paul.Haggerty at noaa.gov>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Quoting
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

I'm having trouble understanding how a few people writing up a web-site
stating
that in their opinion one way is better than another somehow mutates
into a fact
that is somehow bindable on the rest of the human population.

I've seen this anti-top posting crusade spreading through usenet lately
and I still can't
figure out how it became a commandment.  Like Gayle, I've been on the
net since it
was two universities and a string, it has only been in the last two or
three years that
everyone has been screaming about top-posting.

I think everyone needs to take a deep breath and remember that top-posting
and bottom-posting both have their places depending on circumstance and
just let the matter go.

Yes, following a long thread is difficult if everybody top-posts and keeps
all the quoted material.  But it is also really annoying to have to page
down
through a half dozen or more screens just to read a one line response.
Both
styles have problems depending on how they're used and in my opinion
while neither is inherently "The Best", top-posting is easier to deal
with most
of the time.

Paul

Mike B. wrote:

>At 12:39 PM 4/21/05 -0400, Gayle Surrette wrote:
>
>>I would hope so.  Luckily, my email software allows me to
>>set top posting as a preference.  For the life of me I can't
>>
>
>P.S.  More here, including the RFC references:
>
>http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
>
>-- Mike B.
>

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Paul Haggerty
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