top-posted
Answered before quoted
Top-posted describes an email reply where the response appears above the quoted original message rather than below or interspersed within it.
The practice became dominant with mainstream email clients, though it violates older internet conventions that placed replies after the relevant quoted text.
His top-posted response ignored half my questions.
The term often carries mild disapproval among those who prefer inline replies.
Verbal or written answer
- threadFiber for stitching
- inlineArranged in sequence
- quotingRepeating exact words
- netiquetteInternet conduct standards
conversation · context · response · attribution · trimming · digest · RFC · interleaved
Microsoft email application
- corporateOf or relating to companies
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
- defaultPreset standard option
- mobileCapable of movement
convenience · standard · widespread · common · Gmail · workplace · automatic · habit
Avoiding effort or exertion
- discouragedHaving lost confidence or enthusiasm
- rudeOffensively ill-mannered
- inconsiderateLacking regard for others
- clutteredCrowded with disorder
disorganized · scrolling · confusing · unreadable · fragmented · inverted · chronology · messy
reply
Verbal or written answer
netiquette · conversation · context · response · attribution · trimming · digest · RFC · interleaved · snipping
Outlook
Microsoft email application
- corporateOf or relating to companies
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
- defaultPreset standard option
mobile · convenience · standard · widespread · common · Gmail · workplace · automatic · habit · efficiency
lazy
Avoiding effort or exertion
- discouragedHaving lost confidence or enthusiasm
- rudeOffensively ill-mannered
- inconsiderateLacking regard for others
cluttered · disorganized · scrolling · confusing · unreadable · fragmented · inverted · chronology · messy · unprofessional