[Wolves] Top Posting

[sparkes]

hi

no

yes

ok, errm that's me then

sparkes

PS - this post has now got more crud at the bottom than any useful
content.  This is why we trim our posts as well as not top post ;-)

On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 17:23, Jono Bacon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In the true sense of comedy, this top post is the
> last. :)
> 
> I see the point about top posting. It is a pain in the
> region for multiple quotes.
> 
> May this be the last post (just expecting someone to
> top post and say "OK then").
> 
>   Jono
> 
> --- sparkes <sparkes at phreaker.net> wrote:
> > how about when i quote your sig, yahoos sig and the
> > mailing list one and
> > append two of my own at the bottom ;-)
> > 
> > sparkes
> > On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 17:10, Jono Bacon wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Naa. :)
> > > 
> > >   Jono
> > > 
> > > --- sparkes <sparkes at phreaker.net> wrote:
> > > > <h1>I AGREE WITH HIM!</h1>
> > > > is it starting to hurt yet?
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 16:45, Re-LoaD's LUG Mail
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > <top>
> > > > > <pre>
> > > > > I Don't have any opinion
> > > > > 
> > > > > Re-LoaD
> > > > > </pre>
> > > > > </top>
> > > > > 
> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > > From: "Peter Oliver"
> > > > <p.d.oliver at mavit.freeserve.co.uk>
> > > > > To: "Wolverhampton Linux User Group"
> > > > <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 5:15 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [Wolves] Top Posting
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, Jono Bacon wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > > Hence top posting is wrong and should be
> > > > discouraged.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Although I can see that you have to scroll
> > down
> > > > to see
> > > > > > the previous post, in a mailing list context
> > it
> > > > is
> > > > > > likely that you remember the previous
> > discussion
> > > > > > anyway. In any case, is it *that* much
> > trouble
> > > > to
> > > > > > scroll down?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Maybe it's not that big a deal in the first
> > > > instance, but two or three 
> > > > > messages down the line it makes a big
> > difference; 
> > > > each message tends to 
> > > > > actually contain multiple threads, and doing
> > it
> > > > this way allows you to 
> > > > > spilt them up and reply to each in turn.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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