[Foundation-l] [OT] Top posting

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Wed Apr 30 23:06:51 UTC 2008


2008/4/30 Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com>:
> From that article: "While top-posting is sometimes recommended
>  against, it is the more common style in business email
>  correspondence."
>
>  Why complain about something that is common practice? With most e-mail
>  clients, it will take an extra effort to do what you suggest, and I
>  see no reason to do so.

It's common practice when emailing only one person (or maybe a small
handful of people). When emailing a whole mailing list, it's annoying
because it becomes confusing as to what you are actually replying to.



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