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|  Message 42809  |
|  Gamgee to Fernweh  |
|  Re: Silly question - QWK download  |
|  04 Dec 25 20:35:40  |
 TZUTC: -0600 MSGID: 55349.sync@1:103/705 2d985578 REPLY: 55345.sync@1:103/705 2d982d98 PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/3bed2149e Nov 18 2025 GCC 14.2.0 TID: SBBSecho 3.32-Linux master/060f885b0 Dec 02 2025 GCC 12.2.0 BBSID: PALANTIR CHRS: CP437 2 FORMAT: flowed A: Because it destroys the logical flow of a thread of comments, and makes it difficult to keep up with a conversation. Q: Why do so many people object to top posting? A: Writing your reply to a message above what you are referring to rather than below it. Q: What is "top posting"? Fe> A general thank you for all of the replies above. It applied to Fe> everyone, so the context wasn't added of the reply "to". >Ga> For what? >Ga> Please quote some of the message that you are replying to, so >Ga> folks have some "context" and can follow the conversation thread. ... Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52 þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705) SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 102/401 103/1 17 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 SEEN-BY: 129/14 153/7715 154/110 218/0 1 215 601 700 840 860 880 226/30 SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 112 134 206 317 400 426 428 470 700 705 266/512 SEEN-BY: 280/464 291/111 301/1 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848 902/26 5075/35 PATH: 103/705 218/700 229/426 |
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