>> Maybe the VUA's aren't the ones doing the top-posting, and maybe they
>> are tired of the issue, which comes up over and over again on the web
>> without much effect.

>> Short of moderating the list and rejecting every message that top-posts,
>> I see no hope of stamping it out. But the moderation overhead would
>> take valuable manpower, and would likely slow down important discussions.

I reckon a couple of things will not be allowed,
like HTML messages and messages from non-subscribers;
as it is in Majordomo lists. But these methods prevent spam
of course, which is seldsome here I believe (also it saves
bandwidth once you send plain text instead of hypertext).
Banning mates for top posting is at least obscure.

My two-penn'orth,

Mitt