On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 11:33 -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 09:25:31AM +0100, Thufir wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> Of course, this is an e-mail list. I prefer to read it as an nntp group
> via gmane. So, in e-mail top posting (for whatever reason) is the norm,
> while, in nntp land (usenet), top posting is frowned upon.
>
> I'm reading this list via gmane. Top posting is in or out?
Top posting is discourage if not outright prohibited on most lists and
by long established netiquette. I believe it is a no-no on this list,
but don't have a citation handy.
http://www.charlescurley.com/netiquette.html
Yeah, the guide to using this list group states that top posting is not
a good thing to do.
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