On 16-12-11 12:24, Jude DaShiell wrote: [ bottom posting, nettiquette ]
The creators of the original email protocol could have if they chose put together an rfc on top posting and writers of email programs could have written software in such a way that top posting became impossible. None of that happened to the best of my knowledge. Why?
Actually, the netiquette *is* an RFC(1855), top posting is mentioned in 3.1.1: <quote> If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just enough text of the original to give a context. This will make sure readers understand when they start to read your response. Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a response to a message before seeing the original. Giving context helps everyone. But do not include the entire original! </quote> mvg, Guus