Reply above Quotation

Joerg Reisenweber joerg at openmoko.org
Sat Jul 19 04:50:52 CEST 2008


Am Sa  19. Juli 2008 schrieb Charles Pax:
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 8:34 PM, Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net> wrote:
> 
> > If your going to quote the email your replying to, please reply above
> > the quotation.
> 
> 
> I find it much easier to read a conversation when the reply is below
> original message.

please use posting / quoting style according to RFC1855
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855
and see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post

''Some believe that "top-posting" is appropriate for interpersonal e-mail, but 
inline posting should always be applied to threaded discussions such as 
newsgroups.''

/jOERG

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 in e-mail?
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