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Posting style–Placement of replies
Interleaved style
In the interleaved reply style (also called "inline reply", "interlined reply", "point-by-point rebuttal", or, sometimes, "bottom posting"), the original message is broken into two or more sections, each followed by a specific reply or comment. A reply in inline style may also include some top-posted or bottom-posted comments that apply to the whole reply message, rather than to a specific point. For example:
I have been following the discussion about the new product line. Here are my thoughts.
Joe wrote:
> Will our prices be competitive?
That may not be a problem for now, we still have a quality edge.
> We do not have enough trained people on the West Coast. We have many
> new employees but they do not know our products yet.
We can bring them here for a crash training course.
Mary wrote:
> We still do not have a clear marketing plan.
Peter, would you take charge of that? Let me know if you need help.
On the whole, I am quite optimistic. It looks like we will be shipping
the basic system before the end of this quarter.
Nancy
Top-posting
In top-posting style, the original message is included verbatim, with the reply above it. It is sometimes referred to by the acronym TOFU ("text over, fullquote under"). It has also been colloquially referred to as Jeopardy! reply style: as in the game show's signature clue/response format, the answers precede the question.
No problem. 6pm it is then.
Jim
-------- Original Message --------
From: Danny <danny@example.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:01 AM
To: Jim <jim@example.com>
Subject: RE: Job
Whoa! Hold on. I have a job scheduled at 5:30 which mails out
a report to key tech staff. Could you please push it back an hour?
Danny
-------- Original Message --------
From: Jim <jim@example.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 9:40 AM
To: Danny <danny@example.com>
Subject: Job
I'm going to suspend the mail service for approx. thirty
minutes tonight, starting at 5pm, to install some updates
and important fixes.
Jim
Bottom-posting
In the "bottom-posting" style, the reply is appended to a full or partial copy of the original message. The name bottom-posting is sometimes used for inline-style replies, and indeed the two formats are the same when only one point is being replied to.
At 10.01am Wednesday, Danny wrote:
> At 9.40am Wednesday, Jim wrote:
>> I'm going to suspend the mail service for approx. thirty
>> minutes tonight, starting at 5pm, to install some updates
>> and important fixes.
> Whoa! Hold on. I have a job scheduled at 5:30 which mails out
> a report to key tech staff. Could you push it back an hour?
>
> By the way, which systems will be updated? I had some network
> problems after last week's update. Will I have to reboot?
No problems. 6pm it is then.
Basically, I will update our WWW server and firewall.
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kuing
发表于 2022-8-9 21:31
tommywong
发表于 2022-8-14 21:52
