From: Tony Marston > I do not follows rules which cannot be justified beyond the expression "It > is there, so obey it!" Why is it there? What are the alternatives? What harm > does it do? What happens if the rule is disobeyed? Top posting existed in > the early days of the internet, and for a logical reason. Then some arrogant > prat came along and said "I don't like this, so I am going to make a rule > which forbids it!". I don't like this rule, so I choose to disobey it. Daniel already explained to you why it is there. Long threads get too confusing with top posting. When posted correctly they read chronologically from top to bottom so they can be followed and understood when referenced a year or two later. Top posting did not exist in the early days of the Internet. I was active on email listserves and Usenet newsgroups 18 years ago, long before Microsoft discovered them and decided that top posting should be the norm. All of the other news and email clients I have ever used defaulted to bottom posting. It was only in Outlook 2003 that Microsoft finally removed that option completely. Previous versions allowed bottom posting and even handled the attribution markup correctly. Bob McConnell -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
