Posting guidelines?

[Darrin Chandler]

I top-post by old habit. When you're following a thread you don't need 
to read the included text first. Also, no matter what "netiquette" says, 
most people don't trim included text at all. So bottom posts end up a 
screen or two or nine down. That makes reading a long thread very 
tedious. I got all these habits years ago on usenet. For this mailing 
list I'll use whatever is the consensus, though I'll continue to trim 
included text.

Kenneth wrote:

>There was some mention in the thread on distros about top-posting.  I should
>have probably asked when I joined if there are any guidelines for this list. 
>I spend a fair amount of time on usenet and try to stick to the guidelines of
>the groups I frequent, but if there's a consensus here that top posting is
>better I'll try to remember that.  I personally prefer top, at least for
>something relatively low-volume like this, as I'm likely to remember the
>context and not need to have it repeated before the new comment.
>  
>
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Darrin Chandler
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