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On Monday 29 May 2006 02:16, Simon Robert wrote: > > The only problem is people out there in the "real" world, as opposed to > Lugers, usually top post. I have tried bottom posting to "real" people > out there in real world land maybe 5 or 6 times. > I think this stems from certain broken mail clients which are designed so that you have to top-post, i.e. they stick: ---- Original Message ---- blah blah blah on the bottom of replies. > > Bottom IS better. But what can one do when faced with with a world that > doesn't realise this! Is there a polite way of dealing with this problem > which saves one from a lengthy correspondence about top versus bottom > posting? > I guess there are a few ways: 1. Don't quote at all - at least then you're not setting a bad example by top-posting yourself 2. Encourage people to move to a decent mail client or webmail provider which doesn't encourage them to top-post 3. Point them at the DCGLUG's etiquette guide: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/wiki/?id=email+etiquette (perhaps this URL should be in the list footer?) Regards, David. -- David Johnson www.david-web.co.uk - My Personal Website www.penguincomputing.co.uk - Need a Web Developer? -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html