Re: [Clamav-users] [OT] Top posting is harmful. (Was: Clamd …

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Author: Joe Polk
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To: ClamAV users ML
Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] [OT] Top posting is harmful. (Was: Clamd Problem.)
Brian Morrison wrote:

>They place the cursor at the top to encourage the trimming of the
>quoted material, not so that people can just start typing merrily away
>without formatting their post correctly.
>
>The really bad ones also place the sig above the quoted material and
>make people think that they should start typing there. The 'natural
>order of email clients', as you put it, existed long before a certain
>company flooded the market with a client that exposed newcomers to
>these bad habits before they had learned from the old-timers the
>sensible way of doing things that had been around since the dawn of
>email.
>
>
>

I seriously doubt the cursur is placed there to encourage trimming. It
really doesn't matter. My point is, the idea that this is a "harmful"
problem is rediculous. Is it aggrevating, yes. Annoying? Probably.
Harmful? If this is harmful to anyone they need some serious therapy.

<<JAV>>
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