Re: [Phys-l] Top-Posting

["Josh Gates" <jgates@tatnall.org>]

> Actually, it isn't top-posting (though it may be close.)   It's quoting   an entire digest in a reply.  
  
  >(I suppose you could argue that's the worst-case scenario of   top-posting...)
  
  >David Craig
  
Actually, I'd say that it's helpful to do that, but only if you're top posting!  If you top post, then the history is (potentially) informative.  If you bottom post, then it's (in principle) informative, but definitely cumbersome to scroll through.

jg


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Joshua Gates
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From: David Craig [mailto:craigda@lemoyne.edu]
To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
Sent: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:39:36 -0500
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Top-Posting


  On Jan 28, 2011, at 12:00 PM, phys-l-request@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu wrote:
  >>> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
  
  
  Actually, it isn't top-posting (though it may be close.)   It's quoting an entire digest in a reply.  
  
  (I suppose you could argue that's the worst-case scenario of top-posting...)
  
  David Craig
  
  
  <http://web.lemoyne.edu/~craigda/>
  
  
  
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