From: pat eyler Date: 2006-06-15T22:36:20+09:00 Subject: Re: ML Etiquette (was Re: Why do my posts appear twice?) On 6/15/06, James Edward Gray II wrote: > On Jun 15, 2006, at 8:21 AM, Daniel N wrote: > > > While Etiquette is on the table, can someone please tell me why > > replying at > > the top of a post is considered bad form? It's all about context. If you reply inline, you have it. If you reply at the top of a post, you don't. > > Someone on this list (sorry, I forget who) Eric Hodel > has a signature that sums > it up beautifully. It goes like this: > > "Yes." > Is top posting bad? > > In other words, the answer doesn't make sense before the question is > asked. Top posting also encourages (or maybe it doesn't discourage) huge emails with none of the extraneous quoted material trimmed. Be a good netizen, trim your quotes and reply inline -- everyone will benefit. > > James Edward Gray II > > -- thanks, -pate ------------------------- http://on-ruby.blogspot.com