You make a very good point. I agree. Thanks a bunch . . .
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> From: Jon Steiger <steiger@ait.fredonia.edu>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Reply format. (Was: Re: Drag Radials; was Big Meats)
> Date: Friday, August 22, 1997 11:58 AM
>
> At 07:44 AM 8/22/97 -0400, Dick Campagna wrote:
> >Suggestion: If everyone puts their message at the TOP of the preceding
> >messages, it'll make it much easier/quick to read all the new messages
> >every day. Comprende?
>
>
> The accepted standard for replying to posts in newsgroups or
> mailing lists is to put the response at the bottom. That way, one
> can read the post from top to bottom, with all the latest stuff on
> the bottom, just like we're used to seeing in books, newspapers, etc.
>
> Since putting the reply on the bottom is the accepted standard, you
> won't be able to get everybody to reply at the top, so you'll have some
> people replying at the top and some replying on the bottom. This makes
> it almost impossible to follow the chronilogical order of the thread.
> Also, putting the replies at the bottom allows you to insert some of your
> reply into the text of the original message like:
>
> -----
> Original poster wrote:
> > blablabla
> >
>
> Reply to this point
>
> > bla bla
>
> Your reply to this part
>
> Maybe a summary at the end of the message...
>
> etc.
> -------
>
> You can't do that if you just post the entire response at the top of
> the message.
>
> There *is* a way to make the threads easier to read, and that's by
> cutting out irrelevant parts of the message you're replying to. No need
> to include the whole post if you're only replying to a section of it.
> This makes new messages much easier to read and saves bandwidth at the
> same time. (And takes away the urge to write a one sentence reply at
> the top and just leave the (long) original message tacked on underneath.)
>
> Now, I'm not going to go and impose some rule that says everyone has
> to put their replies on the bottom of the message. Reply however you
like;
> but in my experience, putting the reply at the bottom of and trimming
down
> the original message has proven to be the superior method.
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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