On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com> wrote: > On 05/16/2014 03:17 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: >> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 01:07:16PM -0400, Steve Clark wrote: >>> On 05/16/2014 12:52 PM, Joseph.Spenner at netwolves.securence.com wrote: >>> Could someone explain again why we are not suppose to top post? >> >> >> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >> A: Top-posting. >> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? >> >> >> Although it's become such a habit that I've had people say, you just sent >> me back an email with nothing added. >> >> People blame it on MS, and Outlook, but no, it's simple laziness and >> sloppiness. Mutt puts the cursor at the top of an email too, and that's >> where it should go. Then, you can read and reply inline, like a >> conversation. >> >> > Well I find people get very upset about it, and to me in the grand scheme of things it > seems pretty low on the totem pole. > I can deal with the top posting (we are required to do that at work because of our customers), but the "you sent me a blank email" crowd (some top posters such as my vet) does get to me. > Regards, > > -- > Stephen Clark > *NetWolves Managed Services, LLC.* > Director of Technology > Phone: 813-579-3200 > Fax: 813-882-0209 > Email: steve.clark at netwolves.com > http://www.netwolves.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos