Lyn,
People can get quite vehement about top and bottom posting.

Essentially theadvantage of consistent bottom posting is that you can read
through the posts in sequence.

The advantage of top posting is that when you use a preview pane the
previewed content tends to be the last post.

On the subject of trimming, you should really trim previous posts to what is
relevant to your post, in the past people could get quite nasty about not
trimming posts, this has become less of an issue though since the advent of
fast internet links and large storage space.

Personally I'm a rabid top-poster and trim when I remember to do so,
speaking of which

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Terry Kreft
MVP Microsoft Access


"Lyn" wrote in message
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This may be straying from the original topic (but then who hasn't in this
thread :-), but I have a serious question. Like David, I didn't
understand
the reference to "top posting". Nor Trevor's response -- at first (but I
got it eventually :-).

I have noted in this and other NGs that some people respond above the
previous post(s), some below. And of course with long and complex posts,
it
SNIP
Is there general agreement on this?

SNIP
Of course another issue is: how long do you keep adding to all the
previous
posts in a long thread --
SNIP
In other words, is there an agreed netiquette on replying to posts in
regard
to top/bottom posting and snipping early posts to avoid bloat? If so,
what
is it?

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Cheers,
Lyn.

"Terry Kreft" wrote in message
...
A. People who complain about top/bottom posting instead of learning how
to
scroll g.


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Terry Kreft
MVP Microsoft Access


"Trevor Best" wrote in message
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David Schofield wrote:
What's top posting?
David

:-)

A: Top-Posting
Q: What's the most annoying thing on usenet?

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