[Asterisk-Users] Top posting

George Gardiner
Thu, 11 Nov 2004 01:56:39 -0000

I must admit I live in perpetual fear of forgetting to switch of html or rtf
formatting (useful for work) and top posting.  I can understand the issue with
the former but can see absolutely no reason why top posting is such a problem.
In fact I'd far prefer it.  I get to my e-mail in batches and bottom posting
means I've got to wade through stuff I've just read.  I totally agree
with snipping extensively.

So that I can understand the almost religious fervour on this point could
someone please explain to me why top posting is so hated!!

I can understand that if you are responding to multiple points in an e-mail then
you should reply below each point snipping out what is irrelevant to your reply
in the original e-mail.  If you're responding to an entire e-mail then the
proper approach to my mind would to do as you would in business letters and
start with a short paragraph explaining what you're doing (e.g. "In
response to Fred's e-mail about AMD MP motherboards and interrupts,
...".  I guess most of us are too lazy to do this so we just leave the
original text in the e-mail.  If we're really lazy we don't snip the
irrelevant stuff out.

Am I missing something totally?!   I'm just about to go and get my flak
jacket and helmet in anticipation of the responses. :)

Regards,
George