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Re: Topband: overposting

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Subject: Re: Topband: overposting
From: Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:20:47 +0000
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On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:07 PM, David Raymond <daraymond@iowatelecom.net> wrote:
> With due respect, I guess I have never understood the logic of "bottom
> posting" (and perhaps I'm missing something).  The entire business and email
> world overpost (and for good reason). . . no one wants to have to
> continually sort down through a litany of old messages just to find the most
> recent message.
>
> 73. . .Dave
> W0FLS

I think Craig's point is that overposting to a digest email causes you
to repost the entire digest.  In this case bottom posting would
hopefully force the poster to edit out the extraneous digest text.

73,
Barry N1EU
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