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Subject: Re: etiquette (top-posting or bottom posting)
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From: Peter Boettcher <boettcher@ll.mit.edu>
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"Jason " <j_henderson44@REMOVEhotmail.com> writes:

> [snipping applied]
>
>> >
>> > Personally I prefer top posting and would use it on 
> most 
>> > forums I contribute to.
>> 
>> But this is not a web forum.  It is a usenet newsgroup to 
> which The 
>> MathWorks has provided a web interface.
>
> Surely then that's another important question. Do the 
> majority of users access the topics through usenet or 
> through the web interface. If through the web interface 
> then it's my opinion (granted it doesn't count for much) 
> that top posting is sufficient since the previous posts are 
> easily identified. 

The day this group resembles a web forum instead of a USENET group is
the day I no longer participate.  In fact I've often thought TMW would
do us all a big favor by disconnecting their forum software from CSSM
entirely.  Those of us left on USENET would get less support questions
that TMW is paid to answer, and those who like web forums could quote
however they liked without offending the USENET fogeys.

-Peter