Re: [cobalt-users] top posting? My last comment on the subject

[Sarah J Straith <sarahj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4 Apr 2001, Robert Brownback wrote:

> On 04 Apr 2001 23:56:56 +0100, Marc Gear wrote:
> > 
> > As the FAQ says:
> > Its not a personal preference, its a standard.
> > 
> 
> The FAQ is dead wrong.

<snipped, as I am not responding to this part>

> Third, never in my 15 years of using the Internet have I
> ever heard of *not* using "top posting." In every group
> I've been involved it was *preferred*!

Which is, of course, why in every USENET ng and on every
list I to which belong people have been royally roasted 
for doing so.

Interesting.  I'll have to tell them this.

Of course, they have also been roasted for "bottom posting",
and not snipping for bandwidth properly.

	SJ Straith

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