Top-posting shenanigans (was: Re: ASR33 $1000+ And Counting...)

From: evan <evan947_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Feb 24 14:45:46 2005

>>>>> I do what they prefer or what is the norm for the environment. I'm
trainable.

It's much more fun to be a non-conformist.

--- Ashley Carder <wacarder_at_usit.net> wrote:

> > 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.
>
> I use Outlook at home (and sneakily here at work to read me personal email),
> and use Lotus Notes as my corporate email client. I've previously used
> Outlook as a corporate email client as well. I also sometimes use web-based
> mail clients. All of these take you down a path to top-posting by default.
>
> Several months ago I didn't know the difference between top-posting,
> bottom-posting, etc. I learned to conform here in this list. Elsewhere, I
> am lazy and just top-post.
>
> Basically, if I'm somewhere where folks care, I do what they prefer or
> what is the norm for the environment. I'm trainable.
>
> Ashley
>
>
>


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