Paul M Foster wrote: > On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 03:23:49PM -0400, Bob McConnell wrote: > > >> 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. >> > > Also, Tony's mail reader is broken-- Microsoft Outlook Express 6. > > Paul > > Actually, I prefer "middle posting".... ;-) -- Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
