[RFI] Original message and replying

[Michael Coslo]

On Jan 20, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Dave Harmon wrote:

> This is the first I have heard of this....
> I guess not many others have heard of it either.
> 

I've used groups for a long time, and early on, it was all bottom posting. Some have said it is a linear thing, like time flowing from where you've started. 

Anyhow, the most important thing is that the replies have the tesxt trimmed enough so that others can keep track of what's going on, but not be burdened with wading through a bunch of stuff they probably already saw.  A bottom post that has a hundred lines of text above it is awful.  A top post that has the same below it is dumb. Obviously a top poster only plans on reading the top part of the post.

	- 73 de Mike N3LI -