Top Post vs Bottom Post (was: Fedora-18 -- how to install?)

[William Muriithi]

William,

>
> Main advantages of top-posting are as follows:
>     - You know what's on the top is new content.

I don't have problem figuring new content in either format.

>     - You get the latest exchanges in chronological order, which can be
>       trimmed if it gets too long.  This is useful if you need to print
>       it on paper.
Interesting. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder ....
>     - Your boss/coworker most likely use Outlook.
>     - Getting paid is better than trying to convert people.
> --
Bottom posting is exclusive of being paid now?

Anyway I do understand your point. Better idea is to know your readers. I
believe everybody write to get read, so anything that can trigger a
negative should be avoided.  On a technical mailing list, it would be wise
to avoid top posting. At least that's what they told me when I started
writing resume

William
> William
>
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 11:03:19AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 10:32:37AM -0500, William Park wrote:
> > > Actually, top posting is useful when you're replying to the whole
email,
> > > containing disorganized rambling points spread over entire email body.
> > > Also, top posting is better when you want to record of the entire
> > > conversation.  You just have to know when to cut the quoting and start
> > > afresh.
> >
> > The entire conversation in reverse order.  It never has been very
> > readable, and always becomes very unclear as soon as it is a reply to
> > anything discussing multiple things.  How do you tell what parts you
> > are replying to?
> >
> > You can save the entire conversation by never deleting anything and just
> > quoting every time.  That is readable, and maintains order, and makes
> > it clear what you are replying to inline.
> >
> > Of course most people don't want to have the entire conversation
repeated
> > in every email.
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