XPost: comp.programming 
 From: cbfalconer@yahoo.com 
  
 "Thomas G. Marshall" wrote: 
 > 
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 > 
 > Like {author looks around for rock throwers} using html in posts. 
 > Seems only a matter of time to me, as it was with email.  People 
 > forget the mini-war that ensued when email started getting 
 > formatting.  In the beginning I heard nothing but "email is a 
 > text only medium, you're just aggravating people." 
  
 You'll still hear it.  Using HTML in e-mail without the specific 
 assent of the recipient is rude, ugly, and virus prone. 
  
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 A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. 
 Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? 
 A: Top-posting. 
 Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? 
  
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