Thomas D. Kearns writes: >On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 11:51 AM, John Teffer wrote: >> In most newsgroups and mailing lists like this one, it's considered good >> form to reply beneath the quoted text, like I am doing here. > >I disagree. Posting underneath makes me crazy. Posters still forget to >trim and you wind up scrolling down indefinitely. Also, since the >heading is the same, the reader should know what the topic is and my >preference is to see immediately what the poster is saying, except of >course when responses are intermixed...like I'm doing here. :) > >> 3. It will fix your problem with the signature. > >True. But I've always thought that "good form" was top posting or at >least very close to the top posting.
Best form is exactly what Thomas did here -- posting your reply after the relevant part of the message you are responding to and trimming out anything not necessary for you to understand his reply even if you hadn't read the original email. Next best IMHO is replying after quoting the relevant portion(s) of the original email. Third choice: Posting your reply above the original, since that reverses the chronological sequence. Worst forms: Quoting the whole darned email from header to footer regardless of where you insert your reply. Dan the listmom -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
