Joe Hartley wrote: >On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:55:11 +0100 >james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >>A. Because it breaks the logical order of conversation. >>Q. Why is top posting bad? >> >> > >Q: What's worse than top posting? >A: Lazy twits(*) who can't be bothered to actually edit the message they're > replying to. This is especially bad when a member of a digest version > of a list replies. > >FWIW, I blame the purveyors of mail programs that don't include the >message being replied to as editable text in the message. I also blame >them for ruining email with HTML, but that's another rant. > >(*) I in no way mean to imply that james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is a twit. > > I had no idea there was even etiquette surrounding such a thing! :) But then Etiquette has never been the first thing I study in any thing I do anyhooow! For all my misgivings on this and anything else I have ever done that pissed anyone orf, I apologize profusely. There! That oughta cover me for another ten years! :) Now what was that about dragging a subject off topic again?? ;) Cheers
