At 18:45 +0100 4/9/04, Chris Barker wrote:
>Thanks Piers, Andrew and AndrewF; I thought as much...
>
>But for me top-posting makes better sense since it is the message I
>wish to read, not necessarily the quote. If then I wish to read the
>quote I merely scroll down to the appropriate text.
>
>I guessed, however, that Michael was saying that bottom-posting enabled
>automatic thread-follower software to group similar posts in a list
>window. For my part, the threading is of low importance; if I ever
>wish to follow threads, I arrange by Subject in the list window, or let
>Mac Mail do it for me.
>
>Finally, I remember reading about the conventions of posting and
>quoting on a news list some years ago (on a 14400 modem!) and I thought
>it rather like the argument between the Big-endians and the
>Little-endians of Lilliput. ;-)
>
>Chris
I've written a complete reply to this thread in the other thread, Re:
excessive quoting -- which is where the discussion was until someone
decided to make it a new thread (sheesh!). I won't repeat it here.
Rules and standard practices evolve for good reasons -- in this case,
logic and adherence to the natural human flow of conversation and
writing (down, not up, forgot to mention that in the other thread)
and reading and thinking.
But if people want to ignore all that and do it their way, I'm sure I can cope.
Many mailing lists actually have rules, and people who don't follow
them are booted.
Seems to me that it's a small ask for people to follow standards --
but I'm neither from Lilliput, nor a dictator.
Cheers from the Antipodes,
Michael Kopp
Wellington, New Zealand
>
>On 4 Sep 2004, at 12:12, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
>>
>> This is top-posted, Chris
>>
>> Piers
>>
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