OT email response format (was Re: TTL computing)

From: Marvin Johnston <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Tue Apr 16 10:51:46 2002

Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
>
> It was thus said that the Great Marvin Johnston once stated:
> >
> > I disagree :). Too many times, a mile and a half of quoted text starts
> > out the message. I don't care to take the time to scroll down, but
> > prefer to see the meat of what is being said at the top. It is
> > especially annoying when the subject line doesn't reflect the message
> > content ... which is most of the time.
>
> But I get so much email (from this list, and others) that I *still* have
> to scroll down to get the context anyway, and it just doesn't look right to
> me to have the response at the top.

Okay, let me modify my statement. On short messages, the bottom or in
line is fine; on longer messages, then the top is appropriate. Since the
only purpose of quoting is to keep things in context, why not keep the
responses on the top where they can be read ... unless they are
specifically dealing with some points raised in the original quote. And
at least remove the extra garbage!
Received on Tue Apr 16 2002 - 10:51:46 BST