On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Steve Clark <sclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 05/16/2014 03:17 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:
>> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 01:07:16PM -0400, Steve Clark wrote:
>>> On 05/16/2014 12:52 PM, Joseph.Spenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> Could someone explain again why we are not suppose to top post?
>>
>>
>> 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 on usenet and in e-mail?
>>
>>
>> Although it's become such a habit that I've had people say, you just sent
>> me back an email with nothing added.
>>
>> People blame it on MS, and Outlook, but no, it's simple laziness and
>> sloppiness. Mutt puts the cursor at the top of an email too, and that's
>> where it should go. Then, you can read and reply inline, like a
>> conversation.
>>
>>
> Well I find people get very upset about it, and to me in the grand scheme of things it
> seems pretty low on the totem pole.
>
I can deal with the top posting (we are required to do that at
work because of our customers), but the "you sent me a blank email"
crowd (some top posters such as my vet) does get to me.
> Regards,
>
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