<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Thank you for all your replies. It seems there is no consensus on this so I guess we just all carry on doing our own thing. I use Yahoo for BradLUG emails and it is a bit 'old-school'. I had forgotten that gmail, for example, works somewhat differently.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Brian<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Laurence Horrocks-Barlow <laurence@qsplace.co.uk><br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 22 January 2013, 12:36<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Bradford] Top or bottom post?<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1734063560">
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<div class="yiv1734063560moz-cite-prefix">On 01/22/2013 11:32 AM, Brian wrote:<br>
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<div>We seem to get a mix of top or bottom postings. I do know
that on the telecoms newsgroup, in particular, top posting
very much frowned upon. Personally I prefer top posting in
emails but could we establish a standard that we can all stick
to?</div>
<div>So, please can we have a vote on it?</div>
<div>(a) top</div>
<div>(b) bottom</div>
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I've had this discussion a few times with different mailing lists
and opinions vary quite considerably sometime to arguments :-/<br>
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I personally try to bottom post when possible and Thunderbird does
this automatically (including trimming) when you use the reply to
mailing list option.<br>
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However I find this to be a legacy thing and personally I either use
the thread function of Thunderbird or go to the web based archive
system when I want to read an entire thread.<br>
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So for me, I'm not bothered and will just set my client to comply
with this list's preference.<br>
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Kind Regards,<br>
Laurence Horrocks-Barlow<br>
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