Derek,Leaving the oridginal thread below is fine if you group your mails by threads/conversations.
You always start with the first post in that topic, open the thread and you get the sequential mails underneath.
Dj Paddy Ôà----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 1:10 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top Posting to this list
Hi JohnIt is much easier to follow with top posting; if the person thinks it is necessary to add context from an earlier note , then addict, with lines saying "quote start" and "quote en".The only problem with quoting, is when there is far too much quoted. Top-posting makes posts incomprehensible. Why?Because In normal conversations, one does not answer to something that has not yet been said. So it is unclear to reply to the top, whilst the originalmessage is at the bottom. also consider a book is normally read from top to bottom. Top-posting forces one to stray from this convention: Readingsome at the top, skipping to the bottom to read the question, and going backto the top to continue. I think the real reason why some people like top posting they are too lazy to cut and snip irrelevant text. Do most blind people eat there dinner with their fingers, on the grounds it's easier than using a knive and fork? So just because a task is easer, doens t make it better. Regards, Derek e-mail: derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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