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> I will continue to top reply as it is my style and the method I
> am the most comfortable with.
...
> Last I checked this was a free country and the list didn't have
> a rule about quoting methods.
The freedom of the country is irrelevant: it's about common
courtesy and writing in a manner and style that makes it easiest
for those reading the list. Every list is certainly free to make
whatever rules they want. Indeed, there are many unwritten rules
that you already follow, most of which are at least as annoying
and disruptive as top-posting. For example, you could BE USING ALL
CAPS, or sending your email only in HTML, or even letting your sentences run well past 80 characters.
Those actions, like top-posting, should not be condoned on any list,
and a gentle reprimand from the list admin is certainly an appropriate
first response. However, your downright laziness in not bothering
to properly reply to things, including quoting the entire PLUG
footer in the very email in which you claim to "cut off non-relevant
portions", certainly gives others on the list the right, if not the
obligation, to further reprimand you in public. It's a big Internet:
go start your own top-posting corner of it if you want, but keep it
off the PLUG list.
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Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
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