On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 12:49 -0600, David H. Barr wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:36:38 -0500, dvcorbin_at_optonline.net
>
> > The REAL One and Only Way is, of course, interleaved posting. I mean
> > you paste in the original statement or question, respond to that, then
> > paste in the next bit. Of course that takes TIME....
>
> That's just a specialised form of bottom-posting though :-)
>
> IME *typically* the people who top-post come from an environment where
> they've only ever used Outlook as their email client. I'm not sure why
> that link exists, but it's been my observation.
This is *exactly* where most top-posting comes from.
Another thing bad about top-posting is that it encourages lazy behaviour
(i.e. not trimming replies).
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