Capitol wrote:
Yes, top post it as in any normal email or filing system.
Then;
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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You'd be expected to read and probably remember e-mail - it comes to you
personally. Not so with newsgroups. You might well be reading hundreds of
different threads - and not from the start either. Hence the need for a
*short* summary.
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I agree with Dave Plowman.
The expression "Start at the beginning go on the end and then stop" (Sounds
like something from Alice in Wonderland, like this whole thread!) seems to
apply.
For e-mails yes; most recent at the top. As in "what came in, did xyz reply
to me etc.".
But especially when a thread gets long and tedious, like this one maybe, a
quick resume of what the thread is/was about is necessary? While we try to
keep titles brief they sometimes don't help one remember what the original
topic/question was.
When one sees something such as "Fluorescent lamps", it can be about almost
anything to do with fluorescent fixture, lamps, voltages, method of
mounting, earthing, you name it!
Also the unreliability and timing of some providers seems to ensure that I
don't always see the original posting and/or some in between current and the
original. However many of us seem to assume that everyone DOES get to see
everything and in short order from when it is posted?
Considering these factors, regardless of netiquette(sp?) bottom posting
seems to make most sense; even formal business letters traditionally start
with something along the lines of "In regard to your enquiry about/of
............ etc. ............". That is they 'introduce' or refer
to the topic first, then make their reply/comment.
..08 pence and all help from here much apprecaited. Terry..