X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,aaba0d0b6dc1b0b5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-25 02:04:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!news.alt.net!usenet From: Emil Nitrate Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: ASCII Stuff Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 05:04:55 -0400 Organization: "ANI Dis,, Inc. Lines: 43 Message-ID: <3ee7846c.121904343@pita.alt.net> References: <1103_1053199699@news.kolumbus.fi> <3ec7046b$0$3540$626a54ce@news.free.fr> <1105_1053360226@news.kolumbus.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:23285 Don't be so damned anal. I personally don't have a problem with either top or bottom posting, and prefer top-posting in email correspondence. I do, however, dislike the mixing of the two in a long thread, without snipping the content not germane to the reply. ABCGi wrote: >>>>Please don't top post. >> Let me second that. Don't top post. Its bad. >> http://asciipr0n.com/fp/linux/top-posting.txt >Agreed. -- Guidelines for Summary Replies Summary replies are the preferred method to replying to electronic communication. It gives the most flexibility to replies as well as gives the best emphasis to the reply. In a reply, the response is the primary focus of the message, not the original message. An example of a summary reply is as follows: I like what you have to say, though I think a red ball should be used instead of a blue ball. "Original Message from Somebody :" > A blue ball should be the preferred ball in all schoolyard > activities. This is to make the ball visible... As in the above example, the response is contained above the "Original Message" line (though the actual text of this line varies between mail/newsreaders. There should be (1) one blank line between the last line of the response and the "Original Message" line. The original message should still be trimmed to the necessary and relevant pieces the response is responding to. Frequently, response are only a few sentences for length messages, therefore Summary replies provide the best method of putting the emphasis on the reply, and not on the original message. This is true for even lengthy replies, where generally, people reply to a message as a whole and reference specific pieces of the original message.