Top Posting (was Re: More stuff, was Re: [Wolves] Give Away)

[Katherine Goodwin]

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>I have to point out that this way of doing things is
>contrary to the way the rest of the world and most
>email clients do things so you are not expected to
>know. By default, most email clients and webmail
>interfaces put you at the top with a new line between
>you and the message to which you are replying.
>
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Indeed.  I once replied to a customer who in turn replied asking me 
(basically) where the reply was.  I had to point out that maybe reading 
the whole of my reply would help.  The thing in that case was that I 
would have had to write a fair bit of text to explain the information I 
was providing if I had not replied inline.  *sigh*

>Doing it the mailing list way makes it easier to read
>for everyone when there a million different threads
>going on with multiple posters.
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Even just with two, and an ongoing conversation, it helps.

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I think its better now though, that people are pointing these things out 
gently rather than ranting, as we're less likely to scare people away.

Kat