[arch-general] Top Posting Revisited

[Guus Snijders]

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