Clark W. Griswold, Jr. wrote:
"Travis Jordan" wrote:

I agree. If only we could get him to STOP TOP POSTING.

Or get people to use an intelligent newsreader that handles threaded
messages properly, in which case top posting is very useful and
polite.

If you feel strongly about that perhaps you'd like to submit an update
to the RFC. In the meantime....

http://tools.ietf.org/html/1855
If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just
enough text of the original to give a context. This will make
sure readers understand when they start to read your response.
Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the
postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a
response to a message before seeing the original. Giving context
helps everyone. But do not include the entire original!