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From: Doug Schwarz <see@sig.for.address.edu>
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Subject: Re: etiquette (top-posting or bottom posting)
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In article <fbdji4$rg6$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
 roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) wrote:

> In article <see-307B58.01541902092007@news.frontiernet.net>,
> Doug Schwarz  <see@sig.for.address.edu> wrote:
> >(And I apologize for my tone if you never 
> >received Walter's reply.)
> 
> The Matlab Central newsreader appears not to have received any
> usenet postings since about 21:30 GMT Thurs Aug 30th.
> 
> I sent Mathworks a message about this early Saturday afternoon,
> but unless someone happens to sneak in some overtime on the weekend,
> I'm not expecting this to be looked into until Tuesday (after
> the holiday).

Well, interestingly, I just checked MATLAB Central and *my* post is 
there (made via usenet), but yours is not.  Go figure.

So, I'm sorry G.A.M. for my tone and in case Walter's reply never 
arrives, here's what he said:



In article <fbd5hg$9ij$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
 roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) wrote:

> In article <fbd4o6$mlo$1@fred.mathworks.com>, G.A.M.  <x0zero@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> >Do people here prefer top-posting or bottom posting? (See
> >definition below.) I usually use top-posting, but I see a
> >lot of people here using bottom posting. 
> 
> Mid-posting with appropriate trimming ('mid-posting' is another
> name for what the wiki article called 'interleaved' posting.)
> 
> In my opinion, mid-posting is the *only* long-term workable solution
> for busy technical newsgroups. As I posted in another group not
> long ago,
> 
> http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.lang.c/msg/a61e163257b78293
> 
>   Top-posting is inherently *selfish* -- it assumes that people are 
>    focused on that particular thread and have seen and remembered 
>    what has gone before. It might be fine for people who only read 
>    the occasional posting, but it is unworkable for busy people 
>    with many different things to track, especially for busy people who 
>    read hundreds of messages a day.

-- 
Doug Schwarz
dmschwarz&ieee,org
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