[moneydance] List protocol - top post, bottom post or don't care

[Brett Russ]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Gordon Alley <gordon at gordonalley.com> wrote:
> I generally prefer reading top-posted messages, because I've already read the
> preceding messages before I get to the new one, and would rather not have to
> scroll down through the old messages to get to the good stuff.

Top posting was foisted on the world by Microsoft AFAIK.  Outlook and
friends make it difficult to reply in line, especially with the
default of using HTML mail.

It's a bit more work for the sender but so much easier for the readers
to read responses bottom posted below *just* the specific question or
thought being replied to.  Top posting tends to get all questions
answered in a big lump and often leaves me wondering what the thoughts
are in reference to.  It almost forces you to start a new thread on
every distinct thought.

This whole question reminds me of this email sig (from
http://www.mail-archive.com/sqlite-users%40sqlite.org/msg04589.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?


-BR