Re: [libreoffice-users] top-posting

On 2011-02-17 9:18 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote:
> The presence of archives, or people coming in to a discussion that's
> already underway, is the main reason that mailing lists differ from
> normal conversational e-mailing where there may well be only two
> parties, or several people who have all been there since the beginning,
> where everybody just needs to see the most recent addition to the
> conversation (or occasionally look deeper into the material for
> reference) and top posting is the most effective way to keep
> communications going.

That makes much more sense on a FORUM...

But, Barbara, honestly, I guarantee you the vast majority of people who
participate on mail lists do not go to the archives to read entire
threads... ever. They come here to post a question and get an answer.

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Best regards,

Charles

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