Re: Could we drop the bottom-posting rule?

On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 05:34:41PM +0100, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote: > With top posts people can go straight to the point raised by the poster.  If > anyone is following the thread, he doesn't need 3 pages of previous posts.  > All he needs is what is being posted by the poster in question. I completely agree -- which is why when I reply I remove redundant stuff so that only relevant lines from previous email are quoted to give context. The way that I look at it is: 100+ people are going to be reading what I write. If by spending 30 seconds trimming quotes so that it takes them 2 seconds to understand what I am saying rather than 4 seconds then I have saved the list 2 seconds times 100+ each - ie 200+ seconds which costs me 30 seconds -- so an overall win. ** BTW: a mutt user here - middle/bottom posting is easy. ** argue about the numbers if you wish, but that is the principle. -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 https://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: https://www.phcomp.co.uk/Contact.html #include <std_disclaimer.h>