[Mailman-Users] The "right" way to reply to a mailing list

Peter Shute pshute at nuw.org.au
Fri Mar 20 01:52:40 CET 2015


Carl Zwanzig wrote:

> > I agree with the other reply that said people are tending 
> towards top 
> > quoting more and more. Many people simply top quote as 
> encouraged by 
> > their mail client, and haven't considered that there's any 
> other way.
> 
> Do you mean where the new content is at the start of the 
> message (usually called "top-posting") or where the 
> quoted/original material is at the start (usually 
> "bottom-posting" or "inter-posting")?

Yes, I meant top-posting, not top-quoting. I've probably been using that wrong terminology for years.

Peter Shute


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