"Craig"  wrote:
>
> I have to disagree with you on top posting here. As you said everyone
> reads Usenet posts differently. I use an off-line news-reader that puts
> everything threaded. I for one hate having to scroll through ghods know
> how many posts all repeating the same stuff from above which I've
> already read just to get to the new information. I've been using Usenet
> for almost 15 years and have never agreed with the bottom only posting
> camp.

Back in the time of yore the group news.announce.newusers was
active and no newsreader allowed anyone to unsub from it.  That
group posted the rules for UseNet.  Long since unenforcable, but
the rules continue to exist.

> I do however agree with the snippage of stuff.

The rules as posted to NAN mandated snipping.  They did not mandate
context sensative posting (the style I generally use), bottom posting
(which is posting at the bottom devoid of context effects) or top
posting.

The interesting part is why there's no mention - Go back to the time
when those posts were authored and search all you like before that
time.  You won't find a single top-post in any archive of that age.
No
one had even *thought* of top posting back then.

Still, it doesn't matter.  Trim properly and don't be bothered by the
folks complaining about top posting.
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