# A: Top-posting

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Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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<p class="subtitle">Posted on <b><time id="post-date">2021-09-08</time></b></p>

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Some people hate email. Others love email. I kinda like email, but I find it
annoying when people I email with don't understand how to email properly.
Basically nobody knows not to top-post, especially if you do any kind of work in
a corporate setting.

I subscribe to the Linux Kernel Newbies [mailing
list](https://kernelnewbies.org/ML) and occasionally some nuggests of
gold are posted, and today was one such day! This little gem was
posted by [Greg KH](http://kroah.com/log/) on the mailing list and I
thought it was worth saving:<marginnote name="kernelnewbies">[original
email](https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/2021-September/022075.html)</marginnote>

    A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
    Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
    A: Because it messes up 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 in e-mail?

    A: No.
    Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

    http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

## Some useful links

 - <http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top>
 - <https://drewdevault.com/2016/04/11/Please-use-text-plain-for-emails.html>
 - <https://useplaintext.email/>

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