[arch-general] top posting

[david]

Angel Velásquez wrote:
> I understand that top posting is to do something like this:
>
> > Denis Alessandro wrote that:
> > bla bla bla bla bla
>
> And that's wrong because the e-mail list have the history so you don't 
> have to copy part of the text, because the copy is available, the 
> e-mail list have different net-etiquette rules.
>
> So you have to read first and then you answer WITHOUT copying parts of 
> the e-mails in the thread, basicly :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto 
> <denisfalqueto at gmail.com <mailto:denisfalqueto at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Scott <scottro at nyc.rr.com
>     <mailto:scottro at nyc.rr.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read
>     text.
>     > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>     > A: Top-posting.
>     > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
>     >
>     >
>     > :)
>     >
>     > (I bet a bunch of other people wanted to do that.)
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 02:29:16PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote:
>     >> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Xavier <shiningxc at gmail.com
>     <mailto:shiningxc at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >> > http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html
>     >>
>     >> I'm not sure
>     >>
>     >> >
>     >> > What about using a consistent style, at least for one given ML?
>     >> > arch-general is really painful to read sometimes.
>     >>
>     >> what you're talking about.
>     >>
>     >> >
>     >> > Thanks!
>     >>
>     >> You must be crazy
>     >>
>     >
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>     > Angel: You've never done this before. Look, it takes
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>     > Wesley: Resistence to suggestion. Yes, I understand that. I like to
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>     >
>     >
>
>     Funny you top posting to bash top posting ;)
>
>     --
>     -------------------------------------------
>     Denis A. Altoe Falqueto
>     -------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Angel Velasquez
> angvp @ irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>
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Not exactly Angel, your reply should be just above your signature.

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