Mag Gam on 1 Sep 2008 09:02:44 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] top posting


On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 06:47:40AM -0700, Mag Gam wrote:
>>> this is probally a stupid question, but what exactly is 'top posting'?
>>> I use gmail to access my mailing lists and people always complain that
>>> I 'top post'. I am not sure how to avoid it. Is it a client issue or
>>> something else? I would like to fix this on my end if possible.
>>
>> It's something that's been discussed to death both here and elsewhere.
>> Please search Google (e.g. the very first hit on "top posting" is a
>> wikipedia article on the subject) instead of beating yet another dead
>> horse on this list.
>
> Arguing about it would be beating a dead horse; explaining what it is
> is not; that's just a fact. Advocating one or the other is beating a
> dead horse.
>
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I guess I should of used google for more searching.

Regardless, well said Mike!

(I hope I am not top posting) :-)
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