Richard Kleim writes: >With multiple replies, bottom >posting is a nightmare. Posters generally include everything in the >reply, necessitating top posting. The messages on this site (other than >yours) bear me out. Bottom posting is a relic of the text-email days,
Richard, these *are* the text email days. Letters. Words. Sentences. Text. Not graphics. Not sounds. Not .exe files and viruses. Just letters and numbers and spaces and punctuation. You may live in a different world than the rest of us, but the only universally useful form of email is plain text email. Anything else will break on some mail clients. Posters do *not* generally include everything in their replies. Really. Most of them quote reasonably, a few too much, a few too little. But mostly people on these lists get it right. The other benefit of bottom posting is that I can reply to your email 2-3 days later, it can be one of dozens of postings with the exact same subject, but you can know exactly what I'm replying to without having to scroll down past the new content. There are a million reasons for replying after quoting and only a few for not doing so. Laziness is one. Sending an email that says, "You've quoted way too much -- see your original message below" is another one. 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
