> My Outlook (and I just tested it with Outlook Express) puts > the cursor at the beginning of the message after pressing reply. I then cut > out parts of the header and then irrelevant stuff of the previous message > including the footer. After doing that my cursor ends up at the end of the > message where I can just start typing. Now even if one only cuts the footer > (as required if one wants the message to make it to the list) the cursor > ends up at the end of the message.
> Am I missing something here? Yes All the excuses for replying at the top are as lame as a duck with a gammy leg. Thanks to WJ *everyone* must go to the bottom to trim off the admin footer anyway. (well, maybe not those with palm pilots that don't download it all anyway) Therefore those who persist in replying at the top are having to take one extra step ... At work we reply first and NEVER snip anything because 1) the messages want to keep everything in one place 2) it's an intranet and BLOAT is not a problem 3) that is the convention in that place. WJ's most telling observation is that the "reply first" brigade almost never snip anything. The "I agree" statements preceeding sometimes hundreds of unrelated statements. It really is as if quoting first conditions the mind to think "do they really need to read all this crap again before getting to my reply?" Well done WJ! Bob * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
