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Re: Preferred posting style
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tomas |
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Re: Preferred posting style |
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Wed, 1 Nov 2023 08:09:51 +0100 |
On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 08:58:32PM -0700, David Masterson wrote:
> yaxp <yaxp@cock.li> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Which posting style is preferable in this list?
> >
> > Top or Bottom.
>
> A decades old argument. Top makes it easier for many mail readers to
> slice off all the previous thread history (which the reader has in
> previous messages). Bottom makes it easier to have thread context in
> the message,
>
> Most Emacs related mailing lists / newsgroups prefer bottom.
Let me add that top posting, while it might kind-of-work for personal
mail breaks down spectacularly in mailing lists.
A mixture of both is worse,of course :-)
Cheers
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