[Year 12 IPM] ICT and IT? Justification

[Donna Benjamin]

On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 12:57 +1100, Lawson, Margaret wrote:
> I am sure that it MAY be accepted conventions in certain newsgroups to
> post to the bottom -  but this is a mailing list.

Ok - so that's the convention... what's the format? ;)
 
> As most people use mail clients that show them the first 10 lines of
> the email, it is generally customary to write ones reply in this space
> so that emails perceived as trash can be easily filed away into the
> trash can.

I think this is a good point. However the bottom posting option also
requires heavy editing of the original post, so that only the points
directly referred to are copied on down the line. All extraneous history
and repeated footer information should be deleted. *nodnod*

> (can't remember the last time I posted to a newsgroup!)

and what about a BBS? ;)

- Donna.

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