top posting is better

[Vaughn Treude]

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 <craigwhite at azapple.com> 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