[Asterisk-Users] Re: Top posting

[Gregory Junker]

If I want to address individual points in turn I happily trim and 
inline. To say that "top posting is unprofessional" is simply a 
meaningless blanket statement; in your opinion it may be, but I doubt 
it's your main criteria for assessing whether you want to do business 
with someone or not.

Greg

Tracy R Reed wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 09:50:28AM -0700, Paul Fielding spake thusly:
> 
>>Whatever.  I find it frankly more annoying to have people bottom post.  I 
>>use Outlook Express for my mail (as do millions of others), and the way OE 
>>formats it's mail lends itself to top posting.    When you bottom post, I 
>>need to scroll way down the message to see your response, while when you 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, MS has once again shot us all in the foot with their broken
> standards. I do realize that MS is to blame for most of the top posting
> that goes on because that is how they set up their email program. Also
> note that because of prudent quote trimming you only had to look down
> three lines from the top of the body of the email to see my comment so I
> am sure that my message showed up in the first page and you did not have
> to scroll at all.
> 
> 
>>Professional?  That's a matter of opinion, I don't think it's any less 
>>professional to top post, it's purely a question of what's convenient for 
>>different readers.
> 
> 
> If you are trying to sell me your product and you want to look good you
> should bottom post and trim.
> 
> 
> 
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