Re: Bottom Posting

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andrej Ricnik-Bay <andrej(dot)groups(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Bob Pawley <rjpawley(at)shaw(dot)ca>, Postgres General List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Bottom Posting
Date: 2008-06-10 00:59:53
Message-ID: 200806100059.m5A0xrm23696@momjian.us
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Andrej Ricnik-Bay wrote:
> On 29/05/2008, Bob Pawley <rjpawley(at)shaw(dot)ca> wrote:
>
> > ... get their point across up front without making me wade through
> > previous posts which I have already read.
> Good for you :}
>
> > I can understand the concept of bottom posting
> No one advocates bottom-posting here. It's all about intersparsed
> with relevant bits left standing.
>
>
> > The concept of most lists should be "the free exchange of ideas in the most
> > efficient manner possible".
> Which is per agreement on the list intersparsed. Which also allows people
> only just hopping onto the train of thought to get a good understanding
> of what a thread is about without having to read the lot top to bottom.
> May not match your individual preference, but then that's not what the
> list is about, either.

Don't forget adding a blank line between quoted text and your reply;
that is helpful too.

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