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

[Ric Werme]

> On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 21:04 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > Some listservs really don't like people to top post, and others do it 
> > routinely. Just a question is there a preference on this list.

The heck with the listservs, some people really don't like people to top
post.

> I think the preference would be to reply in-line.  Probably the worst
> possible thing you could do though is to mix reply styles--for example
> top-post to a bottom-posted reply to the original question.

Oh, sometimes do that when I'm annoyed at the top poster.  Especially if
I'm not too concerned about making a coherent argument.  Then I end with
what can only be called now a "me-too" .signature file.  Except mine has
angle brackets.  :-)

One situation where top posting may be a good idea is when playing the
Email equivalent of phone tag - with Email getting forwarded around an
organization looking for the right person, having the original uncluttered
message is worthwhile.  The people seeing the Email may be handling 100s
of similar pieces, so the context is worth preserving.  For Email among
technical folks, inline dialog is the only way to go.

	-Ric

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> 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?
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