[wplug] A question of etiquette

[John Harrold]

Sometime in June Michael P. O Connor assaulted the keyboard and produced:

| I normaly do top post, I figure it this way, most people now look at the
| top of the email for what you say, very few look inline or at the
| bottom.  I have had people respond to emails where I have done inline
| posts asking why I did not include any text.  

Obviously, I perfer the inline posting. Is it that difficult to
differentiate my text from yours? I would simply reply with my reasons for
posting inline and encourage them to do the same. 

| I feel that I am going to do what most people are going to expect, and
| most people on the net now look at the top, very few look at the bottom
| or inline, and when I feel the need to do inline responce I will post at
| the top that the ansers are inline, most end users, most people you are
| going to write to (unless you only write to geeks) are going to look at
| the top of your message and if it is not there, they will assume there is
| not text from you.

I think educating them is better. Also, feel free to use more periods ;).

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