For those of you who choose to bottom-post it would be helpful if you
snipped the irrelevant portion of the post.

Although 'bottom posting' is, apparently, the recommended 'netiquette' I
personally find it frustrating, especially if I am reading a reply to an
original post. In my case I will always top post, netiquette or not. I am
busy enough without having to keep scrolling down to look at a reply.

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"Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:H4mdnT2Alvt_PR7anZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=blue]
> For those of you who choose to bottom-post it would be helpful if you
> snipped the irrelevant portion of the post.
>[/color]

Evidently there are other newsreaders that automatically bottom post. There
is also OEQuotefix which modifies the OE screen and fixes it in colors by
response and bottom posts.... All considered, I'd rather read from the top
and scroll down to see history. So I get called a 'Top Posting Twit' at
times, I have a thick skin <g>.
* I do not know whether OEQuotefix is compatable with Windows Mail/Vista.
Does work on XP

"John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:O5k6qriUIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Although 'bottom posting' is, apparently, the recommended 'netiquette' I
> personally find it frustrating, especially if I am reading a reply to an
> original post. In my case I will always top post, netiquette or not. I am
> busy enough without having to keep scrolling down to look at a reply.
>
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> "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:H4mdnT2Alvt_PR7anZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=green]
>> For those of you who choose to bottom-post it would be helpful if you
>> snipped the irrelevant portion of the post.
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Top posting is the way to go baby!
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"John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:O5k6qriUIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Although 'bottom posting' is, apparently, the recommended 'netiquette' I
> personally find it frustrating, especially if I am reading a reply to an
> original post. In my case I will always top post, netiquette or not. I am
> busy enough without having to keep scrolling down to look at a reply.
>
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> "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:H4mdnT2Alvt_PR7anZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=green]
>> For those of you who choose to bottom-post it would be helpful if you
>> snipped the irrelevant portion of the post.
>>[/color]
>[/color]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:14:04 -0500, "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]"
<andred25********.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Top posting is the way to go baby![/color]

Yay! Two voices of reason in a sea of babble.

Either way it would be helpful if the irrelevant portion of the post was
snipped.

"John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:O5k6qriUIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Although 'bottom posting' is, apparently, the recommended 'netiquette' I
> personally find it frustrating, especially if I am reading a reply to an
> original post. In my case I will always top post, netiquette or not. I am
> busy enough without having to keep scrolling down to look at a reply.[/color]

Yes I agree, Bob removing any irrelevant portions would be extremely
helpful.

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"Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> Either way it would be helpful if the irrelevant portion of the post was
> snipped.
>
> "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:O5k6qriUIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Although 'bottom posting' is, apparently, the recommended 'netiquette' I
>> personally find it frustrating, especially if I am reading a reply to an
>> original post. In my case I will always top post, netiquette or not. I am
>> busy enough without having to keep scrolling down to look at a reply.[/color]
>[/color]

At least I'm not alone in my opinion, Andre:-)

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"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25********.com> wrote in message
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> Top posting is the way to go baby!
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> "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:O5k6qriUIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Although 'bottom posting' is, apparently, the recommended 'netiquette' I
>> personally find it frustrating, especially if I am reading a reply to an
>> original post. In my case I will always top post, netiquette or not. I am
>> busy enough without having to keep scrolling down to look at a reply.
>>
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>>
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>> "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>> news:H4mdnT2Alvt_PR7anZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=darkred]
>>> For those of you who choose to bottom-post it would be helpful if you
>>> snipped the irrelevant portion of the post.
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25********.com> wrote in message
news:eEL1LMjUIHA.5508@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Top posting is the way to go baby![/color]

Such is the age old question...

To top post or bottom post?

I personally hate top posting because it breaks the flow of a logical
conversation. That is, you don't put the answer BEFORE a question do you?
Think of it this way...

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To get to the other side!!!

Why did the chicken cross the road?

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Doesn't sound very logical does it? In some threads it's especially bad,
where a problem has worked through many steps, and then flow gets broken by
someone top posting, and have to scroll back down to see the progression of
the thread.

That being said I have been doing ng's long enough, and Fidonet before that,
that I just take my poor top posting brethren with a grain of salt, and just
deal with it...:)

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I agree whole heartedly. If I need to see what the "thread" is about I can
scroll down. In most cases I just want to read the poster's reply. Much of
the time I just finished reading the original message and don't need to see
it again. I don't remember when top posting became a no-no. It wasn't
always that way.

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"John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Although 'bottom posting' is, apparently, the recommended 'netiquette' I
> personally find it frustrating, especially if I am reading a reply to an
> original post. In my case I will always top post, netiquette or not. I am
> busy enough without having to keep scrolling down to look at a reply.
>
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>
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>
> "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:H4mdnT2Alvt_PR7anZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=green]
>> For those of you who choose to bottom-post it would be helpful if you
>> snipped the irrelevant portion of the post.
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Same here! I don't have the time or patience to scroll through 50-100
lines of quoted text, only to find a one sentence reply at the bottom.

Mark R. Cusumano wrote:[color=blue]
> I agree whole heartedly. If I need to see what the "thread" is about I
> can scroll down. In most cases I just want to read the poster's reply.
> Much of the time I just finished reading the original message and don't
> need to see it again. I don't remember when top posting became a
> no-no. It wasn't always that way.
>[/color]

I'm with you guys on this!

Kurt

"Bill" <ws@ws.com> wrote in message news:pNdhj.7545$q36.4494@newsfe14.lga...[color=blue]
> Same here! I don't have the time or patience to scroll through 50-100
> lines of quoted text, only to find a one sentence reply at the bottom.
>
> Mark R. Cusumano wrote:[color=green]
>> I agree whole heartedly. If I need to see what the "thread" is about I
>> can scroll down. In most cases I just want to read the poster's reply.
>> Much of the time I just finished reading the original message and don't
>> need to see it again. I don't remember when top posting became a no-no.
>> It wasn't always that way.
>>[/color][/color]