In message s.com, EXT
writes
I have been top posting all my computerized life. I started out with PROFS
which was an IBM mainframe email system, predating the internet. There,
replies were required to be top posted, and so the habit was formed and
works for me. It seems a waste to have to search the bottom of the previous
message to read the reply.

Waste of time talking to you then

If you can't understand the difference between replying to an email
where the recipient knows what you're talking about and wants to access
your reply quickly and a thread in a newsgroup where there is a natural
progression where one needs to follow hot the thread develops


"Gooey TARBALLS" wrote in message
news:1g6Qf.29262$G%2.7859@trnddc07...
Nope. I'm a top poster and wish all of you were. Its just much easier for
me
to read top of posts in my outlook. These posts are a temporal thing. You
read the first post, then read the Reponses one after the other in the
order
they arrived. You already read the "subject post" or "original," and are
looking to read the replies/responses. Why would you want to have to
re-read
the original question/post before being able to read each response?

Now you bottom feeders may be using some other mail reader. And maybe you
can recommend one better suited to the task than Outlook. But, as I said,
from this perspective it seems everyone should change and do it (respond)
my
way.

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"wmbjk" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:16:57 GMT, "Gooey TARBALLS"
wrote:

I'm new to these groups. And I think I "top post." That is, add my
comments
above the text that inspired my response in the first place. From my
perspective (using MS Outlook) it makes it easier to follow the threads
reading the top thread and clicking on the various responses if the
respondents "top post."

If they post under a copy of the original, I have to read it again
scrolling
down to find the response. Not the easiest approach (again, from my
perspective).

And, I suspect I am an A.S.S. (American Senile Sitizen)

Enjoy

You seem reasonable, so I suppose I could try to explain all the
things you haven't considered. But the subject has already been beaten
to death. Since you're new, you might want to set aside a few months
to read all about it in the archives. :-) Or save yourself some time
and consider this: it's the Solar Flare's (AKA Gymmy Bob and John P
Bengi) favorite subject, and he's an intractable nitwit top poster.
That ought to be enough to scare any sensible person into bottom
posting.

Wayne





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geoff