[sylpheed:36272] Re: Synchronizing emails locally

Craig freecycle01 at pisquared.net
Fri Feb 6 03:02:43 JST 2015


On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:00:46 -0700 stef204 <stef204 at yandex.com> wrote:

> Ernst, please see my answer BELOW your email... (This is top posting
> here.)
> 
> 05.02.2015, 10:08, "Ernst van der Storm" <evdstorm at xs4all.nl>:
> > What does mean "top posting"? Ernst.
> >
> 
> (This is bottom posted--so below your text.)
> 
> It is current practice to post BELOW the text.message, in almost all
> mailing list. There are exceptions but few.
> 
> Some users object when other users do not follow that standard....



A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?



Craig


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