In article , RichC <
REPLY}@swfla.rr.com> wrote:
> I know topic this has been talked about in the past but can anyone explain
> which is more preferred- top posting or bottom posting? I use outlook
> express & it's easier to read the posts when there on top. Is there another
> reader that makes it easier than having to scroll down each time? Why would
> anyone want to have to keep going to the bottom of the same message just to
> read the new information?
The prefered way on Usenet is to post comments after the quoted text.
The quoted text is not supposed to be the entire post that is being
replied too if it is a long post, the quoted text should be trimmed so
there is just enough to provide context. The bad habit of top posting
came mainly from the way Outlook Express does quoting.
A couple of articles on this subject at the links below.
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wijnands/nnq/nquote.html
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Charles |
