Polymath:

Yep, unless you have all day to start paging though past commented
texts of posts--top posting is where it is at!!!

Some people have been sold the line that there is something leet about
bottom posting--obviously they haven't a clue... but even think they
fool others!

Only reason you should have a problem these days, is if you are still
using telnet to read your news and email!

John

"Polymath" wrote in message
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Indeed, the "governing" RFC even went so far as to
state that bottom posting was the preferred method
of the author but that there was no hard and fast rule
about it.

With top posting, you can quickly "thumb" through the
posts with your hand on the "Next" button. With bottom
posting you have to page down through much already-seen
and over-quoted material. The net result is that bottom-posted
articles tend to get skipped without the new material being read
let alone being visible.

"Ham op" wrote in message
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I've used the internet since 1985 [DARPA net] and have yet to see
the 11th commandment prohibiting top posting or forcing bottom
posting.

I prefer TOP POSTING. I've read the original message previously,
it is stored sequentially on my computer sorted by thread and date
if I need a refresher, and I don't have to scroll through a lot of
attached garbage to get to your meaningful or meaningless comments.

TOP POSTING, IMO, provides much more efficient use of my time.

Get a life. There's much more to life than criticizing where a
response is posted.