[meteorite-list] Please edit messages

[joseph_town at att.net]

I've never seen this subject come up here. I think it's because there are so many more interesting subjects and an abundance of info. to distract from such a meaningless topic. Who cares?

Bill

 
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net>
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 00:23:25 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> >Heck, I didn't  know any better - every email I've ever seen has the old
> >email on bottom.  I guess I missed that net-etiquette class at the Uni.  I
> >always start at the top and when I reply to several things, I reply below
> >each point - I guess I use the "over & under" or compound method.  :-)  I
> >think most people on the list are like me, they're fairly new to newsgroups,
> >mailing lists, etc. (I'm so green I don't know the difference between all
> >the different kinds of groups).  So I think it's going to happen for some
> 
> It isn't a HUGE deal, at least to me, unless someone goes out of their way to 
> make it a huge deal.
> Which is why I was sure to say that MILITANT top-posters get killfiled-- that 
> class of posters who
> always make a point of mentioning (or even focusing on) in every post how 
> superior they are for
> top-posting and how anyone who doesn't top-post is an idiot (and there are more 
> than just a handful
> of those).  If it is an otherwise "normal" poster who just happens to top-post, 
> I cope.  But it does
> screw with the flow of the thread.
> 
> Follow this link for more on the topic:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=top+posting
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