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2010/1/20 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > [ Massive untrimmed quote of the entire thread removed] Strike one > I invoke Godwin's Law: > "The Nazis were top-posters therefore top-posting is wrong" > (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law for more info) you can't invoke it on yourself Strike two > Seriously, this discussion is never going to go away. It's down to personal > preference. No, it's ettiquette, the only reason it hasn't gone away is that there are always more newbies who top-post when the last generation have learned to trim and quote - google for "eternal september" ;p > Unless there are strict rules on a mailing list that enforce one method or > the other of posting, we will all have to accept that some people do things > differently to us and just get on with life. Or we can politely make the effort to trim quotes when replying inline (i.e. correctly). Hope that helps. A. -- Aaron J Trevena, BSc Hons http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Consulting -- 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