Re: New rules for business correspondence

[Phil <philstokes03 -at- googlemail -dot- com>]

I've got to take issue with the idea of quotes being at the top. I followed the links you provided for reference, but they merely re-assert the point, rather than give any empirical or statistical evidence to show that top-quoting improves clarity, usability or readability.

My own preference is to have fresh text first, as I already know the context of the message. The exception is individual points are being made in response to separate points of my own.  Even so, I only accept quoting as a practical convenience for the author. For clarity's sake, I'd prefer well-constructed and coherent paragraphs without quoting at all. 

Yeah, I know that world has disappeared already, sadly... :(

> 
> The first point for marketers is don't even think about spamming.
> 
> It does depend on your market (unfortunately, in my view), but I'd say
> the second thing to learn about email style is never to top-post. Replies
> go after quoted text.
> 
> References for that:
> http://email.about.com/cs/netiquettetips/qt/et090402.htm
> http://catb.org/jargon/html/email-style.html
> 
> A good guide to general network etiquette
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html
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