From: Benjamin Rutt <rutt+news@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Re: posting terminology (was: Automagically fixing replies to bottom quoters?)
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 14:32:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wc3ofes2oxq.fsf@eta.cis.ohio-state.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3cfbb346$1_2@nopics.sjc>
Kruskal <kruskal@my-deja.com> writes:
>> I'm confused, don't you mean top posters in the above question?
>> Aren't bottom posting and bottom quoting two different things?
>
> My mistake. Should be top-posters (or I guess, bottom-quoters). :)
> I was so fed up with it I couldn't even name it properly.
I know the feeling, it is maddening!
Maybe gnus could do its part in preventing people from top-posting,
just like it prevents people from posting lines without subjects or
lines >= 79 characters. Maybe a warning could be issued if there is
no original text below at least one quoted part (ignoring signature).
I think that basically defines top-posting.
--
Benjamin
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