> PS: My mail reader does not present a simple way to *NOT* 
> top-post. I am not the only one who top-posts on this list. 
> By the way, what resources am I wasting? These electrons are 
> 100% recyclable.

Some people do receive mail on devices like cellphones and so on, which
usually charge per megabyte received. Sure, it might not be much, but over
the course of a month or so of list mail, it probably adds up.

If you're using Outlook, there's a lovely little program called
Outlook-Quotefix available here:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/

I've been using it for years (on one of the lists I post to, top-posting is
considered a kick-off-list offence), and it's a great tool.

> Then there are always the people who complain about message 
> size and insist on dedicating a decent chunk of their message 
> to a stupid QOTD....

General netiquette is that sigs should be no more than 4 lines. That
includes really annoying corporate disclaimers. Since we're on the subject
of netiquette, it'd be nice if people posting from their offices might have
a word with their IT departments about this. Posting a url for a disclaimer
might be a good alternative if you really *must* have a ridiculously long
disclaimer on the damned thing.

Regards,

Chris
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