Re: and also

gb wrote:
I'm sure many people here can remember years ago that this newsgroup was all
top post, like all the others. 

That's just flat out wrong. In this newsgroup, like all Usenet
newsgroups, bottom posting has *always* been the convention.
You are mistaken and confused. Top posting did not even become
an issue on Usenet until Micro$oft made it the default on their
email software and newbies mistakenly used the default on Usenet.

--
Ken Fortenberry
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