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Martin Angove wrote:
and I know that some companies (generally those who have
standardised on Outlook) recommend this protocol for internal emails,
but this is *not* the standard way of doing things on (most of) usenet.

I don't object to top posting in e-mails - after all it's not unreasonable
to expect the person reading it to remember what the subject was all
about, so the copy is only there for reference if needed.
This isn't the case with news, though, unless you only read a tiny amount.

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*OK, so what's the speed of dark? *

Dave Plowman London SW 12
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