| MyndPhlyp 2005-05-22, 5:49 pm |
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"Kyle Peterson" <kpete23@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> About as stupid as replaying to posts at the bottom of the message instead
> of the top.
The accepted practice (at least by the majority participating in more
technically oriented NGs) is to bottom post as it places the text in
chronological order and allows for natural reading. Consider a single
posting that covers multiple points one wishes to comment on individually.
The respondent would normally find the section of interest, insert a couple
of blank lines, and respond in line beneath the section - again, top to
bottom. Another accepted practice is to trim signature lines. While it may
be desirable to retain all the text from the thread in the reply to place
things in context, it is common practice to limit the old text to no more
than 25% of the full posting preferably leaving only the bits needed to
illustrate the subject of the reply.
But all that is a matter for the 'Net police.
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