On Mon, 3 May 2004 09:51:12 +0100, "dave @ stejonda"
wrote:

In message , Alan Gould
writes
Top or bottom posting is entirely optional anywhere on the Internet.

but deprecated in most (all?) guides to usenet

Not both surely? :-)

Some news groups only contain top posted messages, others only bottom
posted messages. It's normal to do what most others do in the group.