>>>> Don't feel bad, I didn't know what it was or that it was such taboo until
fairly recently.
I don't, not at all. :)
And as everyone can see, I'm still doing it. Just because some dude posted a
web site about the "proper" newsgroup method doesn't mean the rest of us have
to like it or abide by it.
I admit to being a poor message trimmer though.
--- Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Evan wrote...
>
> > What a top post? I never heard that term before... what's the big deal
> > about it?
>
> Please see http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
>
> Simply put, when you reply to an existing message you leave the old message
> at the bottom and type your reply at the very top. It's inconvenient, messy,
> etc.
>
> Failure to trim the post appropriately with responses below each section is
> also a pain.
>
> Don't feel bad, I didn't know what it was or that it was such taboo until
> fairly recently.
>
> Jay
>
>
>
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