... why top-posting should be avoided... (was Re: Broken mail readers (was Re: Properly wiping a hard drive ?))

[Todd Zullinger]

JD wrote:
> Not to belabor the point, but everytime someone nudges an op not to
> top post, a whole chain of posts follows that really muddies the
> whole picture. There are plenty of people on this list who seem
> adamant that top posting is the natural way to go :)

Well, I'd never reply just to point that out.  But if it was something
to which I'd normally reply, I would add a friendly request to not top
post.  Folks that I see ignore that advice (or argue strongly about
their "right" to post as they wish), simply don't get many replies
from me.  I know there are plenty of smarter and more helpful folks on
this list that do the same.

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