Greetings --

"Top-posting" is placing the reply to an earlier post at the top,
as I've done. This is the default behavior of some news readers, such
as Outlook Express. Some people prefer top-posting, while others
prefer bottom-posting (as the term implies, placing replies _below_
the original message.)

While I think the issue is largely a matter of personal taste and
reading convenience, some people get quite fanatical about it,
claiming years of precedence for bottom-posting as the only "proper"
way to do it. It all reminds me of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's
Travels," and the wars between the Big-Endians and the Small-Endians
(iow, which end of a boiled egg should be broken first).

Bruce Chambers

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"Robyn" wrote in message
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Ok, I'll ask again and maybe get a polite reply instead of
Rifleman's
useless LOL?

What is top posting?
Yes I'm serious and yes I've read about newsgroup ettiquette.

Robyn