[Elecraft] Posting

[Phil Wheeler]

Of course, one advantage of bottom posting (not my preference, BTW) is 
that the trailing "sponsor msgs" get seen and deleted.

73, Phil

George, W5YR wrote:

>AMEN!!
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>73, George W5YR
>Fairview, TX
>w5yr at att.net
>http://www.w5yr.com
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "W3FPR - Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at earthlink.net>
>To: "Brian Mury" <ve7ngr at rac.ca>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 6:27 PM
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Posting
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>>Brian,
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>>Netiquette or not, I prefer to read responses that have the new text on
>>top - the subject and my memory (I do read most all the posts on this
>>reflector) are usually sufficient to tell me what I need to know about the
>>prior information.  Scrolling down to find the latest response is a waste
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>>time IMHO.  In a few cases, such as when the original poster asks several
>>questions, the most expediant thing to do is put the answer to each part
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>>line with the question - but that is not the normal case.  For my part,
>>please put your response at the beginning. (and yes, do strip out as much
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>>the extra stuff as is reasonable - the person you are responding to knows
>>what he asked).
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>>73,
>>Don W3FPR
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>>----- Original Message ----- 
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>>>Netiquette also says you shouldn't top post - which is posting your
>>>reply above the quoted text. It can get confusing when there are replies
>>>nessted several layers deep.
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>>>A: Because we read from top to bottom.
>>>Q: Why not top post?
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