
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">What you did, and I am doing… rather than follow the flow of conversation the thread goes in reverse… in replies it is newest content to oldest. It’s not the most logical means to read a conversation… but most mail applications now do it that way.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Fine for private communications, but a bear to follow an email thread with.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 21, 2016, at 5:18 PM, paul g <<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com" class="">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">What is a top post?<br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 694.8125px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org" class="">tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org</a> <<a href="mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org" class="">tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org</a>> on behalf of Jeff Chapin <<a href="mailto:chapinjeff@gmail.com" class="">chapinjeff@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, November 15, 2016 2:37 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>TCLUG Mailing List<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [tclug-list] Top posting</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">You make a convincing argument for the mailing list to require top-posting.<br class=""><br class=""></div>Jeff<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Brian Wood<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:woodbrian77@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">woodbrian77@gmail.com</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""></div>Sorry, but I don't reply to top posts.<br class=""><br class=""></div>Brian<br class=""></div>Ebenezer Enterprises<br class=""></div><a href="http://webebenezer.net/" target="_blank" class="">http://webEbenezer.net</a><br class=""></div><br class="">______________________________<wbr class="">_________________<br class="">TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br class=""><a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org" class="">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br class=""><a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/<wbr class="">mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><br class=""><br clear="all" class=""><br class="">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><div class="gmail_signature">Jeff Chapin<br class="">President, CedarLug, retired<br class="">President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it"<br class="">President, UNI Scuba Club<br class="">Senator, NISG, retired</div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-alig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