Bottom-posting is old skool.


"Nonnymus" > wrote in message
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> EZ wrote:
>> " BOB" > wrote in message
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>>> " Nonny" might also try responding at the bottom of the post (like all
>> good,
>>> intellegent, people do!) and then more people might read his posts and
>>> respond to them.
>>
>> 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, 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. In other newsgroups to which I belong, such as
>> rec.motorcycles.harley, you will get flamed unmercifully if you top post.
>>
>> If the suggested norm is to bottom post and cut out extraneous material
>> to
>> make it easier to sift through, then I'm happy to oblige.
>>
>> EZ
>
> Both Thunderbird and Outlook Express place the cursor at the top of the
> message, when you hit "reply." 1) Does that imply that the standard is to
> post at the top? 2) Is there a way to have the cursor go to just above
> the .sig?
>
> --
> ---Nonnymus---
> You don't stand any taller by
> trying to make others appear shorter.