[mythtvnz] Top posting

[Robin Gilks]

> Hi,
>
> I don't want to start a flame war or anything and if you don't agree with
> me
> then kick me off the list.
>
> I am seeing a lot of emails on top/bottom posting and would like to
> defend,
> to some extent, those who top post - yes I respect and understand it is
> bad
> etiquette. There are some of us who use Outlook for email and bottom
> posting
> is a right pain because as far as I can tell there is no way to configure
> Outlook to bottom post for only certain emails. I would very much
> appreciate
> it if someone could explain how to do this - for specific emails.
>
> I receive all my emails in one place, Outlook and bottom posting is not
> what
> I do for normal emails and certainly not for business emails, so bottom
> posting is something I have to try to remember to do for this list.
>
> I will do my best to remember to manually bottom post to this list as I
> respect that you don't have to include me on the list and you have the
> right
> to set guidelines as you see fit.
>
> BTW: I am not going to engage in a war about the pros and cons of using
> Microsoft products or Outlook in particular !
>
> Cheers
>

The sig from John Poet on the main MythTV list sums it up...

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?



-- 
Robin Gilks