[Gllug] Do modern webpages kill older laptops/PCs?

[Marcus Taylor]

> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:06 PM, James Holland
> <holland.james at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Would anyone care to explain to me (gently!) why all the fuss about top
>> posting? I read my email using the preview pane in Evolution and its
>> much easier to read if someone top-posts rather than having to scroll
>> down through the quoted bit that you've read already!

It helps when replying to multiple points of relevance in the same 
[often long] post/thread.

- Tethys wrote:
> If you're having to scroll down that much, too much of the previous
> message has been quoted anyway. It's almost never a good idea to quote
> the whole message. This is particularly true on an email list, where
> you can assume that everyone interested either already has a copy of
> the original message, or can find it in the archives.

Also if you feel you need to top post [ie it is not relevant to the 
current thread] then you should start a new thread.

and thunderbird formats inline replies quite nicely... ;)

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