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Re: [LUG] OT : but I'm very excited and needed to share!!!

 

On 19/05/13 22:56, Paul Sutton wrote:
> On 19/05/13 22:49, Gordon Henderson wrote:
>> 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 in e-mail?
>>
>>
>> Gordon
>>
> If you trim the post and then reply under it, the part you are replying
> to then other people know what points are being responded too  if you
> just top post it messes up the flow of the whole thread,  if you want to
> reply to more than 1 point trim accordingly then others add  their
> comments under your comments and the whole thread should simply flow
> nicely.
>
> Paul
>

And this is an example of how it works.

Nicely played both sirs, you responded kindly and gently while I was
getting ready to rage.

Yours politely,

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