On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 11:15:15AM -0700, Darwin H. Webb wrote: > How about everyone just deal with reality and stop trying to control > others communication style. > Top posting to me takes into account the volume, time, and effort needed > to snip, scroll, and copy/paste of a 100 e-mail a day. > Get real. 2.5 seconds of trimming. I'd rather people not quote anything at all, than top post and leave the entire quoted message below it. Context can be gleaned from the thread structure.