[SGVLUG] Really good example of really bad e-mail (was: San Gabriel Valley...(DevSIG) monthly meeting)

Tom Emerson osnut at pacbell.net
Mon Jul 3 01:52:08 PDT 2006


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Dustin Laurence wrote:
> It [top posting] isn't a great deal on this list--in spite of appearances we're more
> relaxed than some.  But some of the most informative and useful mailing
> lists can get quite picky, mostly because the old-timers are picky.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post

Did you notice the one link in the "external references" that really
sums things up?  It was entitled:

   "This Usenet post shows top-posting (and Outlook Express bugs) at its
worst (it's in Dutch, but the content doesn't really matter)"

and leads to here:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.nl.penvrienden/msg/9bf2a40083469afe

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