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[Dotan Cohen]

On 20/01/2008, ronw at paradise.net.nz <ronw at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> What is really interesting is that I now understand the discussion about
> top/bottom posting so much better. I recently acquired a Blackberry but it
> applies to any mail enabled hadheld device.
> Bottom posting is so annoying. The recent emails on religion (yes I know they
> are not relevant to this group) but the majority were bottom posted and it is a
> real pain to get to the relevant detail of each message when you have to first
> have to wade through heaps of >>>>> lines of stuff that you read earlier to get
> to the crux of message.
> I can now understand why so many people are so vociferous about how silly bottom
> posting is. One of the list members even has a tag line extolling the virtures
> of bottom posting.
> Give a reader some credit for intelligence and allow that what most people want
> is the message. If they are lost and want to know what triggered the message
> they can read back by subject.
> And before everyone dives in and blames my method of reading mail I think hand
> held devices are the way of the future.
> Lets all switch to top posting

There is already another thread on the topic, and although this thread
is way OT, don't make it worse. You are now crossposting threads,
something that the same usenet oldtimers who bash you for top posting,
will bash you for.

If you don't like the way that your device handles email, then file a
bug with the device's manufacturer or buy a different device. Don't
try to change conventions that are logical in all but your corner case
because the manufacturer of your device did not program it to your
liking.

Dotan Cohen

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