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Re: [cobalt-users] Top posting, why evil?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Top posting, why evil?
- From: Peter Kiil <cobalt@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Mar 13 05:36:02 2003
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
on 13/03/03 12:46, Gerald Waugh at gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, P.V.Anthony wrote:
>>
>> I have seen this many times, Not top-posted because top-posting is just
>> plain evil.
>> Please point me to website for more details or share some pointers on this.
>> I really do not know why. If it is bad I will stop.
>> I always thought that it is easier to read.
>>
>
> http://asg.web.cmu.edu/rfc/rfc1855.html
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?
/peter