From: Tobias Weber Date: 2008-05-28T00:04:17+09:00 Subject: Re: documentation for ruby? In article , Mark Wilden wrote: > > Bottom posting tends to take on a more natural conversational feel. Top or bottom isn't the point, inter-quoting vs. TOFU is. (the latter being the German abbreviation for "reply first, fullquote appended") > Only if a single email is regarded as a conversation. In actuality, > the -thread- is the conversation. Imagine if in a real conversation, On a mailing list and in most newsreaders you only see one message body at a time, especially when you "fetch unread" often. In that case it does make sense to quote the immediate sentence you are replying to. > people felt impelled to prefix their remarks with every other remark > that's already been made. But we do! Watch any talkshow: So Mr A basically said that B sucks. I concur. Whats your opinion, Mr C? -- Tobias Weber