Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? E-mail isn't a game of Jeopardy....
In the thread answering your question (or not, I never could really tell) we had the toxic mixture of both which is a gigantic pain to read. Top posting works in a quick conversation between two people who know what they're discussing, and are familiar with what's been said before. When there are several people involved, and since there is hardly anyone on the planet who knows how to cut the quoted material down to size, we end up with unreadable messages of five posters alternating top and bottom posts with all of the previous messages included. -That is indeed a big pain. Hope this is better! OS X mail is very nice, you select the part of a message you wish to include in your reply and it's automatically included when you click on the reply icon, as above When you post to the list, consider what the message will look like to someone who hasn't been following it yet. -This makes a lot of sense, Bruce, so thanks. For this list, I copy the part I want to reply to, command-a on the body of the reply, and paste in, then reply. Only three keystrokes but it works fine. Usually I do email from my G4 iBook with Mail, but a) it is in for service and b) this list - only this list - rejects messages from Mail on X saying it uses a windows character set (!!!) so I use my 9500 with Netscape 4.8 to reply here. Only thing, copy and paste does not have the < marks to designate the previous material. Thus I used the European quotation mark of -reply just for this message. The select and reply function of OSX-Mail is wonderful and has changed my approach to editing email replies! I love it and it ought to be normal. Lou -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
