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[Kevin Keane]

Top-posting means that you put what you have to say at the top of the 
reply the way I do it here. Bottom-posting means that you put your reply 
below the original message. Which of the two styles is preferred is 
largely a matter of personal taste, rather than right or wrong, 
actually*. Both have advantages, and some people tend to get very 
passionate about their particular style. I have seen moderators on both 
sides of the issue admonish members "don't top-post" or "don't bottom-post".

In the original Internet culture, bottom-posting was preferred, and some 
people still like it better. Bottom posting makes most sense when you 
combine multiple thoughts in a single post, and want to be able to 
respond to each one individually. In my mind, most of the time top 
posting actually is better because the reply stands out more than the 
original question - which usually is what you want.

The majority of mailing lists that I am on seems to have switched to 
primarily top-posting, though, and most of the big email programs make 
it quite difficult to do bottom-posting. When you hit Reply, the cursor 
is usually positioned at the top of the page, not at the bottom.

My personal rule: if there already is a longer thread, stick with 
whatever style it has. The one thing you don't want to happen is having 
to look for the next reply because somebody switched style in the 
middle. If there is no pattern to follow (such as in this case), and I 
only want to respond to a post as a whole rather than individual points, 
I use top posting.

* technically speaking, there is a still-valid RFC that specifies 
bottom-posting, but in practical terms it has been obsoleted by history.

Martyn wrote:
> PS what his top posting, once I find out I will stop it 
>   

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