"Philip" wrote in message
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Jaques

The merits of Top vs Bottom posting rather depends on how you read
your Usenet.

If you are following through a thread reading post after post (as I
frequently do) then top posting is ideal.

I find that I rarely forget what the theme of the thread is about, and
if I do I only need to nip back to the start of the branch to refresh
my memory.

But if the posting had been in-line, the context would have been right
there, above the line you are writing in reply.

Do you ever use Google to read the Usenet, maybe if you were to try
that then you may appreciate why people top post.

Franz