[dokuwiki] Re: Search Result

Todd Augsburger wrote:
> P.S. Group, why is "bottom posting" so doggone important? It only makes it 
> harder for me to read in my mailreader (both at work and home), it makes it 
> difficult to see where the old post ends and the new one begins, and I 
> already clip messages severely when replying. I don't want to start a big 
> discussion, since I'm sure this has come up many times before, but can you 
> point me to a succinct summary so that I may understand the rationale?

The following wikipedia page [1] gives a good summary on the topic. 

In short:

    A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
    Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
    A: Top-posting.
    Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting

And as said before, its recommended at:

[2] http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:mailinglist

I also don't want to start an argument/discussion here, but if nobody
here on this list would care there wouldn't be such guidlines as on [2].

Best Regards,
    Chi

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