[Python-ideas] Posting style

[Devin Jeanpierre]

>   Sorry for the noise but can I ask at least? Yes, I am an old fart
> joined the Net at 1991, but I find netiquette really useful for effective
> communication and deviations from it inconvenient and annoying.

Is replying like this acceptable?

-- Devin

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Oleg Broytman <phd at phdru.name> wrote:
> Hello!
>
>   I very much hope I do not embarrass the audience but people can we
> return back to email etiquette? Inline quoting instead of top-posting,
> proper trimming instead of overquoting, an empty line to separate quoted
> text from the reply.
>
>   Sorry for the noise but can I ask at least? Yes, I am an old fart
> joined the Net at 1991, but I find netiquette really useful for effective
> communication and deviations from it inconvenient and annoying.
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
>
> Oleg.
> --
>     Oleg Broytman            http://phdru.name/            phd at phdru.name
>           Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
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