From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-06-26T07:39:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Bottom posting

On 6/25/07, Sharon Phillips <phillipsds@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On 26/06/2007, at 1:05 AM, Gregory Brown wrote:
>
> > On 6/25/07, Jano Svitok <jan.svitok@gmail.com> wrote:
> > <snip long unrelated text>
> >>
> >> 1. Please bottom-post.
> >
> > It is good to remind people not to top post, but it helps if you do it
> > correctly by trimming for context. :)
>
> Is their any particular reason for bottom posting (please excuse my
> lack of knowledge regarding email etiquette)?
> I find top posting means I can skip through the list of new mails and
> easily read any new comments. Bottom posing means for each long mail,
> I have to scroll down to the bottom to read.

A. Yes.
Q. Is there any good reason for top posting?

If that doesn't read unnaturally to you, then it boils down to a
matter of preference.  However, most mailing lists are somewhat
standardized to bottom post.   When you mix the two styles, it gets
very messy.

Also, many threads become multi-branch and involve many posters.  It
makes it easier to read a subset of the entire thread when it reads
like written english normally does (top to bottom), rather than
reading from the bottom up, email by email.

Most mail clients will let you fold quoted text.  What are you using?