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In article <1137417753.799698.232...@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, It is due to thoughtless acceptance of where some software places the 2. It is less clear exactly which bit of the message is being 3. It is nowhere near as clear as properly snipped interleaved 4. It (here) contravenes the established practice and gets up Having said that, it seems to be perfectly acceptable on some news groups That doesn't make it 'right', though. John --
Dave Braine <d...@pilot.pprune.com> wrote:
> Could someone explain top-posting to me please, Top-posting is when someone replies at the top of a message/posting,
reproducing the (often entire) message they are replying to (and sometimes
all the previous messages) underneath.
cursor/caret and ignorance. Ignorance of the following points:
> and what is wrong with it. 1. It is wasteful of bandwidth, in that (often) far more of the
previous message(s) is reproduced than is necessary, wasting 'bandwidth'.
('bandwidth' often equates to 'money' for those on dial-up).
replied to - one has to search below to find the context of the message for
each point.
replying, which allows logical response to material point-by-point.
everyone's nose.
(I have heard), and there the advice of 'lurking' before posting to find
out the accepted method of posting is wise counsel.
John Williams, Wirral, Merseyside, UK - no attachments to these addresses!
Non-RISC OS posters change user to johnrwilliams or put 'risc' in subject
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