Re: Posting Style

>         Done properly the original message is trimmed to short sections
> each just long enough to give context and the relevant replies go beneath
> each section in and interleaved fashion.
>
>         This approach makes the whole thing very conversational and easy to
> follow.

I think about it this way: if you have two (or a very small number of)
people involved in a conversation from the beginning, top-posting
may(!) make sense, because everyone involved is at the same "place",
and can be assumed to know where a given response w/o context fits in.
As soon as many people are involved and cannot be assumed to be
following closely all the time, I personally see it as a sign of
decent respect to provide context by doing what's been described
several times now.

cheers & happy posting.
Michael
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Michael Schuster
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