RE: [cobalt-security] Posting habits.

["Vachon, Scott" <Scott.Vachon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

><snip> To use your analogy, when I read a 
>book, after I read 20 pages, I put in a bookmark, and start from there. I 
>don't re-read the previous pages. 

Point taken.

> Bottom posting, I think, helps if you're not following the thread. If you
are, you have to scroll through >a bunch of stuff you already read to find
the new reply. Seems a waste.  

True but, bottom posting is useful in other ways, such as when archiving the
posts.
If the respondent follows the etiquette, they snip all but, the relevant
information. They leave enough so "we" can understand the part they are
responding too.

>And if you are new to the thread, is it not your responsibility to catch
up? 

Yes.

>Or at least to ask for a catch up? 

No. That is what the archives are for (or you could ask someone offline).
The archives, are another reason to follow the posting format
recommendations. It makes the Archive easier to use.

I hate to drag this thread on. Perhaps Dom will post his Mailing List
meta-faq to give the list subscribers a better perspective on the subject.

-S-

Disclaimer: More of my own two cents.