Re: top posting

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,


On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) wrote:

[do not know who said that, Bertalan removed that information]

> > I think you don't understand what top posting means: It means that you 
> > quote the whole message (and all messages that it quoted) and simply 
> > add your reply at the top. This way, each mail contains the whole 
> > history!
>
> I wanted to say that I prefer that to quote the whole message and simply 
> add your reply at the bottom.

That is not top-posting.

But frankly, please do not discourage anyone from top-posting. This would 
deprive me of a valuable indicator to sort my emails.  I get 200+ emails a 
day, some of which do not even land in my inbox (some people are culled by 
my killfile, I think there is even one on this list), and I have to have a 
way to sort out those who are clueful enough that I should spend (the time 
I have to answer mails) on them.  Top-posting is a _perfect_ way to lable 
those who are not in that group.  I just cannot read every mail I get.

Please, do not deprive me of that indicator.

Ciao,
Dscho