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Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, Rhia Knowles wrote: > >> Well, I read mails from here in Gmail, which turns the conversation >> into a >> threaded view, and hide the quoted text. I top post cos it;s email >> standard >> these days, unless there is specific chunks i want to reply to. > > To posting is not an email standard it's an abhorration used by those > who came into the game late, hand-fed by the lazy microsoft engine. > > For googness sake - just how hard it is to posituin the mouse pointer at > the end of the document trim off all the unneeded signatures and start > to type? > > Now you're going to lose the proper mening of this thread because I'm > going to trim it. > > > == > > A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right. > Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text? > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > A: The lost context. > Q: What makes top-posted replies harder to read than bottom-posted? > > A: Yes. > Q: Should I trim down the quoted part of an email to which I'm > replying? > > > Gordon > Agreed, but the problem with many on this list is that they don't remove the irrelevant parts of the original email. If it is a long email then it can indeed be a nuisance to scroll right down to the bottom to find the new reply. However, remove the unnecessary parts of the original mail and it is much easier. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html