talk minus action = zero

Umm... yeah so to remember a five day old conversation posted to an e-mail list, I now have to find the beginning of the conversation somewhere in the middle, read down and then scroll up to the top to read the other person's reply.
I though again about how top-posting made this hard for me to read, and did a little deeper reading in the RFC in question. I readied my reply to include Third Co-worker but didn't send it, remembering my itchy send finger and the desire to not be leading a one man crusade.
Feedback anyone?
( This might make sense if you read the whole thing from bottom to top... )