scroll to the beginning of the unquoted message. in every mail reader i use, it shows
the top of the message first. if i remember the thread, which is usual when i am
catching up on e-mail, i do not need to see the repeated quotes once again. that means
for every message it is [select/click, search wth scroll/spacebar, read, delete/reply].
the scrolling down to the relevant part of the message seems like a serious waste of time for
hundreds of recipients, especially when everyone has to search for it manually. it is
a genuine RFC, but parts of it need to be implemented by mail readers, not by
millions of humans.
Jeff Kinz wrote:
--- snip ---From RFC-1855 Section 3, One to many communication, a relevantparagraph:
- If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just enough text of the original to give a context. This will make
Please remember the economics of the situation: When you top-post a
response you are, in effect, saying that your time is more valuable than the time of the hundreds of other people who read the email list.
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