On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 06:21:17AM -0600, Robert C Wittig wrote: > Ian wrote: > > Well top posting is what ALL email programs are set up for. Watch the cursor > > position on clicking reply. > > I am using Thunderbird, and when I click on 'Reply', my cursor is at the > extreme bottom of the post. > > This bit of magic was accomplished by changing the initial cursor > positioning in the 'Composition and Settings' section of 'Edit | Account > Settings'
Even mutt, by default, sets the cursor at the top. A car, by default, is set in park and you make it move by doing things. Robert might prefer his cursor at the bottom, I actually prefer it at the top. With mutt, I use the keyboard to move down the email, and delete unnecessary parts as I go. What is preferred is inline posting as if it were a conversation. This has often become a religious war, but as said in the faq, many of the people most able to help you won't even bother if you top post (among other things.) It is considered the standard, at least on Unix and Unix like tech lists, to post inline. Back when I was on MS tech lists it seemed to be the same there, actually. Of course, the real gurus can get away with top posting and everything else, but as Eric Raymond once said about something else, "Alan Cox can get away with it. You can't." -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Willow: On the other hand, maybe Rodney just stepped out for a smoke. Xander: For twenty-one hours? Willow: It's addictive, you know. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
