Netiquette (was Re: [SWLUG] Installing RH via NFS ;-))

[Dick Porter]

On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 12:11, Gareth James Powell wrote:
> Hi,
>   I will snip as some people may be getting this through modems and
> there is enough to download, never mind the spam. As for top posting
> its a habit from my text mode only days, just a preference.

You (and others) might care to take a look at
http://www.html-faq.com/etiquette/?toppost, particularly the section

A.  No.
Q.  Does top-posting make sense?

Alternative renditions can be found in assorted .sigs, such as 

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

- Dick