[Foundation-l] [OT] Top posting

[Samuel Henderson]

It is, however, a serious issue for anyone subscribing to the digest, where
few (if any) mail clients can correctly distinguish the quoted text; as a
result, the digest becomes orders of magnitude longer than it should be.  I
recently  switched from digest to individual delivery, largely for this
reason, although given the level of noise this has created in my inbox I
doubt if this is sustainable.

I heartily second Delphine's original request.  If it does not seem
worthwhile to trim the excess lines from the bottom of a post for the sake
of one's readers (something which takes at most a few seconds), it might be
best to reconsider whether the post is worth sending at all.

Posts to Foundation-L differ from business email, in part, in that this is a
public, not a private, conversation, and a threaded archive is available for
anyone who loses track of individual emails.  There are good reasons for
top-posting in business conversations (for example, to maintain a clear
record of the conversation leading up to a particular transaction), but
these do not apply on this list AFAICT.

Cheers,

Sam

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:59 AM, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:

> Especially since nearly all modern email clients have color coding,
> indenting, and other ways of distinguishing who posted what in what
> order, makind top posting not much of an issue.
>
> -Dan
>
>