References Re: [Wylug-discuss] List Etiquette: Top Posting vs. Bottom Posting

[David Holden]

On Sunday 28 October 2007, Mark P. Conmy wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Roger Beaumont wrote:
> > Basically, I prefer to see some new material without much (ideally
> > any) scrolling, since, if a thread interests me, I've normally read
> > the previous posts: top-posting good, inline-posting (as I'd class
> > this post of mine) often better, but always remove redundant material
> > unless it's going to a new participant.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > PS  I'm not trying to denigrate or argue for change in list policy,
> > just to explain my own preference.
>
> To explain my own preference, here goes.
>
> I get a _lot_ of email.  In my job, you have a lot of balls in the air
> at the same time.  You have to context switch a _lot_  As a result, the
> ideal is to have a little quoting (to set the context) followed by the
> meat of the additional contribution.
>
> Type of posting in order of preference for me:
>
>      1  Inline replying, well snipped
>      2= Bottom posting, well snipped
>      2= Inline posting, well snipped
>      4  Top posting, very well snipped
>      5  Bottom posting, unsnipped
>      6  Inline posting, unsnipped
>      7  Top posting, unsnipped
>

 let me just write that down..

Just Joking :)

 Dave.


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