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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, -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq