On 05 Dec 14:05, John Woodard wrote:
I've never really had a problem with top posting and have myself done so by accident many times. it's pretty much the norm these days, however it is frowned upon on this list.
For good reason...
--- Example --- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? --- End ---
Good practice is to remove any non relevant text from the quoted text whilst giving some indication on where an deletion edit has been made. In-line posting has never seemed to be a problem.
That's because in-line posting makes sense...
Attachments have never been a problem in replies to sender but not in initial posts and replies to the list. Link to attachments hosted elsewhere are fine.
Though, if it's a temporary url, less helpful later when someone goes looking for it in the archive :)