[AusNOG] Top-posting.

[Jamie Lovick]

I can't believe that resistance to top posting is still a thing. I remember
resisting it back in the day when I ready Email via a terminal window, but
modern Email clients, desktop or web, use it as a standard now.

On 6 March 2015 at 15:24, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker <
Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com> wrote:

>  Have to agree on this.  if I am following a thread I have probably just
> read all the email any way, why do I need to scroll down to get to the
> important info.
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> Vs I find the email on an archive and I haven’t just read the thread.
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Joseph
> Goldman
> *Sent:* Friday, 6 March 2015 3:01 PM
> *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Top-posting.
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> Given how most email clients display the data by default, top posting
> makes more sense, as to get to your bottom posting I have to scroll through
> the email chain that I've already read to get to the relevant information.
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> On 06/03/15 14:51, Robert Hudson wrote:
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>   On 6 March 2015 at 14:41, Craig Askings <craig at askings.com.au> wrote:
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> Yes, detailed response inline
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> On 6 Mar 2015, at 1:39 pm, Ross Wheeler <ausnog at rossw.net> wrote:
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> > Is it just me, or do others find top-posting irritating in the extreme?
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> But I have given up fighting it. Outlook's default setting all those years
> ago, killed any chance of bottom posting becoming the norm.
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> It's not just Outlook.  I have to make a conscious effort to not do it in
> the Gmail web interface, and it's even harder to avoid when on the move
> using the Gmail app on my Android device.
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