Re: [cobalt-users] (no subject)

["Trevor Munday" <tmunday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dom Latter wrote:
> Trevor Munday wrote:
>
> > I think its down to personal preference really and as such there is no
> > 'correct' answer.
>
> Well then you'd be wrong, wrong, wrong.

Taken out of context, as you have, you'd be right, right, right.  You are
clearly not in favour of "top-posting" but others including myself are.  Who
decides what is good netiquette?  Was it not someone's personal preference
originally that got adopted as the norm?  There are arguments for
"top-posting" and for not.  Don't let it bother you, it's not worth worrying
about simply because you like to read the last mail first and I like to read
the new mail first and if I need the old stuff I'll scroll down.

>
> As I can't be arsed to explain why, I'll just point out that the
> most experienced and clueful posters do not as a rule top-post,
> they *certainly* trim unwanted crud, and that by top-posting you
> do not endear yourself to them and you do reduce your chances of
> getting the help that you are presumably seeking.

and this sort of tone doesn't endear yourself to me.

Just a minor point (and I'm just picking here), but if you are "top-posting"
you are by definition replying to a mail and the chances are therefore
pretty high that you are in fact offering advice and help and not seeking.

> [NO SIGNATURE]

It annoys me when people don't sign their mails, isn't that just an issue of
common courtesy and etiquette?

Regards,

Trevor.