Re: top posting is better

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Author: Vaughn Treude
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Subject: Re: top posting is better
On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 10:11, Dan Lund wrote:
> That is where message-trimming comes into play, and really is a
> problem with both types of posting. No orrogance involved, or
> intended, by a particular form of posting. The next message just gets
> tacked onto the top, ready to be read at the click of a button.. with
> cliff notes below it just in case you forgot what the thread was about
> :-)
>
> --Dan
>
> On 10/27/05, Craig White <> wrote:
>
> > inherent in every top post is the assumption that this statement will be
> > the final statement to the topic which is a form of arrogance. A top
> > posted reply to a top posted reply (etc.) often gets so far out of
> > context that it makes it really hard to understand what has transpired.
>


Here's a thought- pardon me if I missed it in this long thread. Is
there a way to set an email reader to scroll to the bottom of each
message by default? If not, someone can do that; it's the beauty of
open source.

Vaughn



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