[TriLUG] Digression: Top- vs Bottom-posting

Turnpike Man turnpike420 at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 30 14:47:46 EDT 2004


Oh yes, forgot to mention where default signatures are dropped.  Seems
different for every program, where Evolution puts it at the complete bottom of
the email reply, Outlook may or may not and just drops it at the bottom of the
top reply, prior to user input into the reply.

--- Turnpike Man <turnpike420 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Since we're all on this thread... why are "users" top posters you ask?  Where
> do email clients put the cursor when you hit reply?  In M$ Outlook, Outlook
> Express, and even Evolution, the default cursor is dropped at the top line of
> the message.  I for one am ok with it.  Now, if an email is multi-faceted,
> multi-paragraphed by question, I see no reason to either number the
> paragraphs
> and their responses, stay at top, OR, inline answers presuming replied to
> text
> has pre-empting markings like the famous > or otherwise.  Snipping is a whole
> other issue.  :)
> 
> my $0.02
> David M.
> 


		
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