top posting netiquette

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Fri Sep 29 23:21:49 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 12:55 -0700, jdow wrote:
> From: "Bob Goodwin" <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net>
> 
> > jdow wrote:
> >> From: "Thufir" <hawat.thufir at gmail.com>
> >>
> >>> Hiya,
> >>>
> >>> Of course, this is an e-mail list.        I see Thufir is being a
> >>>  I prefer to read it as an nntp group     troll turd. Don't answer
> >>> via gmane.  So, in e-mail top posting     him. Besides, side posting
> >>> (for whatever reason) is the norm,        is the only sure way to get
> >>> while, in nntp land (usenet), top         it all correct.
> >>> posting is frowned upon.
> >>>
> >>> I'm reading this list via gmane.  Top
> >>> posting is in or out?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -Thufir                                    {^,-}  Joanne
> >>
> > Isn't saide posting normally done to the left?
> 
> That's "Sade" posting, as in Marquis de....

Good God, Joanne, tell us more about computer sadism! I'm all eyes! 
<whimpers> Ric


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