On 23 Feb 2003 at 23:46, Tim Franklin wrote:
> As for replying at the top, I find it very tedious to have to scroll
> through (sometimes) many layers of old messages to reach the new bit.
> Especially if the new bit is just two or three words! Until today I
> had been using Apple's Mail program which inserts replies at the top
> by default - now using Entourage, and see no reason to go back to the
> bottom.
But that has *nothing* to do with quote-order, but *all* with
discipline of cutting your quotes.
Actually, it *does* have something to do with quote-order, but, like
the quoting itself, in reverse-order:
Those who quote in reverse order are 100% likely NOT to cut their
quotes at all....not the first quote in precession, nor the second
and third one (further down the bottom!) either.
And for that reason only you *should* try to break the wrong concept,
every time you see one....since only by quoting on the bottom
yourself, you too will only *then* start cutting quotes yourself....
The spiral of quote-evil is really much worse than most people
realize....every one following the first mistake is part of the
problem....;))
Perhaps even the saddest thing is that all people who manage to post
to *this* list *do* take the effort to cut the admin-footer
(otherwise Majordomo will not let the message go through, as that is
a sure indicator of sloppy quoting!), but don't take the effort to
cut the irrelevant parts of the quote (especially the +2nd quotes in
precession).
If a next version of Majordomo ever improves to the point that I can
filter *any* reverse order (but only with adequate bounce-
notification to the 'offendor'), I won't hesitate one second to
implement it....you guys are just lucky that the current version
can't do this....;))))
(nor can it do even a minimum of bounce-notification, sadly)
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]
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