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From: John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: problem on top-post
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:29:22 +0000 (UTC)
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In <mailman.13027.1408076249.18130.python-list@python.org> Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> writes:

> "Bottom-post" usually refers to the inferior practice of quoting a
> message (entirely or large amounts) and then indiscriminately responding
> to all of it below all of the quoted text.

I was unaware of that meaning.

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John Gordon         Imagine what it must be like for a real medical doctor to
gordon@panix.com    watch 'House', or a real serial killer to watch 'Dexter'.