[Pan-users] Re: top posting

[Lenroc]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:15:07 -0700, Anthony wrote:

> However, when one is developing an argument or train of thought which
> isn't directly a reply to something previously written, and one wants to
> keep the previously written  material for context, top posting is
> appropriate. References in papers are footnotes, not headnotes, and
> similarly, top-posting draws the attention to the new content, while
> leaving the old content available for reference or context.

But if it's not directly a reply, it shouldn't be posted as such.

New thoughts get new threads, or at least don't need to fully quote the
material before them.

If you're going off on a tangent, quote the one line (or so) that made you
think it, then type your response below it...

-- 
Lenroc