Re: Courtesy issue

I personally prefer 'top' posting in particular when there are multiple replies. Seeing the same message many times gets downright annoying! Also the originator already know what they posted and don't need to se it again & again. After all they are the persons MOST interested in a response> The rest of us are only interested onlookers

and a p.s. I do use a 'real' newsreader something other than a M$ product

Gary

Tim X wrote:

> >>>>> "Ethel" == Ethel Aardvark <bigjobbies_at_hotmail.com> writes:
>
> Ethel> When replying to previous postings, please would people who
> Ethel> include the original message put their additions at the *TOP*
> Ethel> of the posting?
>
> Ethel> This allows the poor unfortunate amongst us (who are only
> Ethel> permitted access to news groups via Google) to see your reply
> Ethel> easily - Google crops long messages.
>
> while I can appreciate what you are saying, according to most
> references on news etiquette, what you are requesting is called top
> posting and is considered BAD practice. In fact, yours is the first
> post I've seen requesting top posting, but I've seen lots asking
> people NOT to top post. Top posting can also make it harder to follow
> a thread because you are seeing the replies before the question.
>
> Perhaps a better thing to do would be to request people trim the
> original message so that it only includes relevant information to
> provide necessary context/info - then the whole message should be
> small enough to fit within the limit of google.
>
> Tim
>
> --
> Tim Cross
> The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is
> to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you
> really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!
Received on Fri Mar 07 2003 - 15:04:33 CST