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>>>> Don't feel bad, I didn't know what it was or that it was such taboo until 
fairly recently.

I don't, not at all.  :)

And as everyone can see, I'm still doing it.  Just because some dude posted a
web site about the "proper" newsgroup method doesn't mean the rest of us have
to like it or abide by it.

I admit to being a poor message trimmer though.

--- Jay West <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Evan wrote...
> 
> > What a top post?  I never heard that term before... what's the big deal 
> > about it?
> 
> Please see http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
> 
> Simply put, when you reply to an existing message you leave the old message 
> at the bottom and type your reply at the very top. It's inconvenient, messy, 
> etc.
> 
> Failure to trim the post appropriately with responses below each section is 
> also a pain.
> 
> Don't feel bad, I didn't know what it was or that it was such taboo until 
> fairly recently.
> 
> Jay 
> 
> 
> 


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Evan's personal homepage: www.snarc.net

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