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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:59:53 -0500, Darren Humphries wrote:

> Is that (top-posting) considered a no-no or something? Never heard of that.

To my knowledge it is (a big no-no). Most newsgroups I visit prefer
bottom-posting (/and/ trimmed quotes). Ctrl+End takes you to the
bottom quickly and scrolling can be done with the help of the spacebar
(even in OE). It seems more logical too.

Some arguments pro bottom-posting are found here:
<http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html>

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