<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">I also agree with Kev, I prefer top posting as Simon said whilst using Gmail my correspondence with any given list hides any old emails attached to it via the use of quoted text but this only works however with top posting. Also if I want to see any of the "crud" I can just either just expand the earlier emails or expand the quoted text. </span><div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>Ben</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div class="h5"><div><div class="gmail_quote">
On 4 June 2010 09:40, Kev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linux_nottingham@cynara.co.uk" target="_blank">linux_nottingham@cynara.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi,<br>
I personally think Martin is wrong about top-posting. There is nothing<br>
more annoying that having to read a load of old crud to get to the email<br>
sender's point.<br>
I'm definitely on the side of the top-posters.<br>
<font color="#888888">Kev<br>
</font><div><div></div><div><br>
Martin wrote:<br>
> Folks,<br>
><br>
> Some of the mail is going through the maillist with corrupted mail<br>
> headers or duplicate MIME headers...<br>
><br>
> If possible, please mail "text only" to the maillist rather than html<br>
> pages as attachments.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Also, please trim quotes when replying to posts and post your text<br>
> underneath (bottom post).<br>
><br>
> My view is that top posting is fine for buisnesses that wish to have an<br>
> audit trail to cover their...<br>
><br>
><br>
> Anyone using the mail digests? Are they coming through ok?<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Martin<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.<br>
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?<br>
> A: Top-posting.<br>
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?<br>
><br>
> - Newsnet post<br>
><br>
><br>
> A: The most annoying thing on usenet.<br>
> Q: What's top-posting?<br>
><br>
> - Newsnet post<br>
><br>
><br>
> Are you confident that you appear to be professional in your<br>
> electronic communication? Consider this:<br>
> A: No<br>
> Q: Can I top post?<br>
><br>
> - Newsnet post<br>
><br>
><br>
> The One exception, perhaps?<br>
><br>
> ... Except that is if you're in business and keep an exponentially<br>
> increasing "Cover My Arse" audit trail of all previous emails in each<br>
> subsequent email...<br>
><br>
> - Martin L, NLUG post<br>
<br>
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