I don't agree. Yes. Perhaps. Now, it's your work to know to what part of your original mail I'm answering. But, when you reply, the parts not relevant in the conversation should be erased. On Mon, 6 May 2013 11:15:09 -0700 Craig James <cjames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just out of curiousity, I see comments like this all the time: > > > (*please* stop top-posting). > > I've been participating in newsgroups since UUCP days, and I've never > encountered a group before that encouraged bottom posting. Bottom posting > has traditionally been considered rude -- it forces readers to scroll, > often through pages and pages of text, to see a few lines of original > material. > > The most efficient strategy, one that respects other members' time, is to > briefly summarize your point at the TOP of a posting, then to *briefly* > quote only the relevant parts of the post to which you are replying, and > bottom-post after the quoted text. That lets your reader quickly see if > it's relevant or not, and move on to the next post. > > Contributors in these newsgroups seem to think it's OK to quote five pages > of someone else's response, then add one or two sentences at the bottom ... > it's just laziness that forces readers to wade through the same stuff over > and over in each thread. > > How did the Postgres newsgroups get started with this "only bottom post" > idea? > > (I'm not trying to start a flame war, just genuinely curious.) > > Craig --- --- Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@xxxxxxxx> -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
