EZ wrote:

> I'm not Nonny, but your reply prompts me to ask the general populace
> of this newsgroup, or its owner if he/she still posts here, what is
> the accepted protocol - top posting or bottom posting. Neither is the
> universal de facto standard,

You are confusing bad personal choices with standards and norms. For NGs,
bottom posting with trimmed text, or interleaved posting are the accepted
usenet netiquette norms.
http://www.dickgaughan.co.uk/usenet/...aq08-topp.html
http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
http://www.river.com/users/share/etiquette/

Other references can be supplied if needed.

> although I'm guessing one or the other
> is the rule on this particular newsgroup. For example, at my
> workplace, top posting is the accepted norm, and we all learn to read
> from the bottom up, even when there are literally dozens of replies
> going on for pages and pages in a single email message.

Your workplace is not usenet. In addition, business emails have their own
standards of format that are not related to usenet standards.

> In other
> newsgroups to which I belong, such as rec.motorcycles.harley, you
> will get flamed unmercifully if you top post.

As well they should.

--
"So long, so long, and thanks for all the fish!"
Dave
www.davebbq.com