On Sat, 2011-04-02 at 23:49 -0400, V G wrote:
> Is top posting allowed on the list?

Yes.

> Also, since so many people don't like it, why do most clients do it by
> default, and it's not an option in many, either.

I personally PREFER top posting in my business email. There are a few
reasons:

1) On my smartphone I can quickly read the reply without having to
download the whole message (sometimes the preview shows enough of the
reply for me to get the gist)
2) It's much preferable to having to scroll down to the bottom of a VERY
long thread of emails. Most of my business email does NOT get trimmed,
simply because people cc others into the thread and those would have to
be rebriefed on the whole history. This way they can read the whole
chain in one email and get up to speed. It's wasteful (some emails get
over 100k in size), and can sometimes get out of hand (when images are
included) but it is far outweighed by the benefits in my experience.
3) I get ALOT of email in my professional work that I don't have to
"study", I only jump in when necessary. In those cases I'm not following
the whole thread, I just read a couple lines to ensure I'm not needed
"yet".

Outside of my professional work though I find interleaved replies are
best (as I've done here), with LIBERAL trimming.

TTYL

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