[dokuwiki] Re: Search Result
- From: Michael Klier <chi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:57:56 +0100
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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