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From: Veronica Karlsson <vk@hotbrev.com>
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Subject: Re: ASCII Stuff
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 08:51:27 +0000
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BoD wrote:
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> Me I find it more logical to top post: in the article n+1 the "new" content
> is more important than the content from article n.

If article n+1 is a response to article n then it often does not make
sense if the reader has not already read article n (or has not read it
very recently). In email you can assume that the reader has done that.
On usenet you cannot.

> The more important thing
> should not appear in the end of the message, but at the top.

I agree. That's why the quoted stuff should be kept *short*.

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