Message from discussion How to curtail top posting !!

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From: John Cartmell <j...@cartmell.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject: Re: How to curtail top posting !!
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:58:29 +0000 (GMT)
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In article <1137417753.799698.232...@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
   Dave Braine <d...@pilot.pprune.com> wrote:

> Chris de Cordova wrote:
> >
> > Made me laugh anyway, having just read the 'Want to read an old disc'
> > thread in here, which was more about how to stop top-posting than
> > about reading old discs!!!
> >
> Could someone explain top-posting to me please, and what is wrong with
> it.

The news.newusers.questions FAQ http://www.plig.net/nnq/nquote.html
How to post to uk news groups   http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html
Proper quoting style explained  http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/quote.html

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