Re: top-replies was Re: [PLUG] kernel parameters for memory usage?

[Ben Dugan <bdugan@curdes.com>]

I think there are merits to top-replies, too.  But I'm not going to keep 
arguing about it.  I'll just watch the list for a while and if there's a 
 lot of consistency on this issue I'll switch to bottom-replies on 
those rare occasions when I reply to this list.



Tobias DiPasquale wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 15:01, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
>
> > There's no justification beyond laziness for a top-reply. It shows
> > that you didn't care enough to make your message legible, in which
> > case I probably don't care enough to answer your questions. 
>
>
> I'm going to be forced to agree with Gabriel on this one. Top-posting is
> not only lazy, but likely to raise the ire of experienced email users if
> repeated. I frequently will not reply to top-posted questions, on this
> list and others. I know that there is no "Email FAQ" that tells all new
> Internet users how to properly form email, but there ought to be, and
> that should be FAQ #1.


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