[Info-vax] Open Source on OpenVMS - A Progress Report

[Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply]

In article
<630fcc0d-14b8-4460-a4f1-ebd58c7c0dc9 at g1g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>,
"Bart.Zorn at gmail.com" <bart.zorn at gmail.com> writes: 

A top post is like this, when you write your reply at the top and leave 
the original post quoted below.  It usually quotes too much text (like 
the whole post) and doesn't make it clear what part you are replying to.

> On Oct 19, 3:29=A0pm, BillPedersen <peder... at ccsscorp.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 19, 8:28=A0am, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
> > remove CLOTHES to reply) wrote:
> >
>   [ S n i p . . . ]
> >
> > > =A0 =A0o =A0Don't top-post
> >
> > Sorry, did not realize this was happening, although I can obviously
> > see the issue. =A0No one likes having to scroll to the bottom for a
> > simple comment.
> 
> Now I am lost. Can somebody please explain what "top-post" is?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bart
>