Perhaps it isn't "logical", if you've read all the email then the quoted thread is just reference anyway. This is the "new stuff". I love being able to read mail in the preview-pane vs "next message" , jump to the bottom, "next message" jump to the bottom.
It comes down to opinion I think --Chuck On Friday 19 March 2004 09:46, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > On 03/19/04 09:21 AM, Joshua Lokken sat at the `puter and typed: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=rfc+top+posting&sourceid=mozilla-search&st > >art=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 > > > > > > > > Wow, almost every single reply to the list today was top posted. > > People, please know (and you must, you have to read them, too) > > that posting replies to the top of an email is, well, counter- > > intuitive, hard to follow, and goes against the general grain of > > RFC 1855. Please, it has been requested from many users of this > > list, do not top post replies, but don't stop sending them ;) > > Yes, it has been requested from many users, and quite a few have flat > out refused to follow this logical norm. Others simply follow the > precedent set in any given thread, and some few will go so far as to > delete the trailing messages and try to herd an already errant thread > in the right direction. For my part, my reply behavior depends on the > audience. One would think that a company with so many geeks (from > developers to SW architects) would tend to do this right, but not so. > > Bottom line, don't hold your breath. Unfortunately, many mail clients > don't show the replied email during reply composition but place it > below the response, and most default to replying at the top anyway. > Most users just don't bother to correct it when the option is there. > > I feel your pain dude. > > Lou _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
