Re: New rules for business correspondence

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

The "quote below" rule applies mostly to serial quoting as shown in the linked 
example, where replies to multiple lines of the original message are being made, 
and in Usenet, where I think it was originally intended to encourage posters to 
trim.  Top posting appears to have taken the predominant role in emails where a 
reply to a short statement is being made, with the job of encouraging users to 
trim being taken over by automation in many forums (this one, for example).

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Starr" <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>
> And there are those of us who have a genuine disagreement with that "rule". 

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