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On 15 July 2014 23:40, Abhiram R <abhi.darkness@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 4:00 AM, Kevin Walzer <kw@codebykevin.com> wrote:
>>
>> ...but  Unix/newsgroup ettiquette says that it's gauche to [top post],
>> because it presents an unacceptable cognitive burden to the user trying to
>> catch the context of the thread by forcing them to read your reply first,
>> before they read the preceding quoted comments.
>
> Aah. Understood. Apologies for the "noobishness" :)

Also heinous is the crime of not trimming. A post should contain all
of the context needed to understand the reply, in order, and nothing
more.