Nedra wrote:

The irritating thing about NOT top posting is that this is supposed to be
a
conversation. I know of no one in a conversation who repeats the people
who've just spoken ... that is idiotic.... to me at least.

That's why there's quoting in every news reader. In a real conversation,
you have immediate feedback. In an news/mail conversation you have to
supply a _hint_ as to what you're responding to. Top posters can only do
that by including the whole message.

I hit delete if the person has not had presence of mind
to edit the previous speakers..... even then Bottom Posting is an irritant
- I don't give a hoot what usenet says.

Sorry, Nedra, but that indicates that you don't give a hoot about your
readers, either. Some mysterious "Usenet" didn't come up with a set of
rules about posting. It's a consensus among users. Like any consensus, it
only works when people are prepared to put a little effort into it. It's
not, either, Top-posting vs. Bottom posting, as top-posters usually put it.
It's top-posting vs intelligent conversational editing. Leave enough of
the previous message for context and respond to individual points, and
readers will be much happier.
--
derek