[SpamCop-List] Re: Backscatter

[John Richards]

Ant wrote:
> "McWebber" wrote:
> 
>> There's probably and RFC about top-posting as well.
> 
> RFC 1855.
> 3.1.1 General Guidelines for mailing lists and NetNews
> "If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
> summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just
> enough text of the original to give a context".
> 
> But I expect you knew that.

That's not a very solid defense for bottom posting.
"Summarize the original at the top" implies *new* text where
the new responder restates (in his own words) the point made by 
the previous poster.

The alternate option "include just enough text of the original" 
does not state where that quoted text should be positioned.

-- 
John Richards