Fran Parker wrote:
>
It is counterproductive to put new reply text below the original. The
original is there to give reference to the new comments and the
discussion. Bambi is correct in the realization that you put the
important stuff first. That's why footnotes are at the bottom of a
page, not the top.
However, if you are commenting on several points in an email or
discussion list, it is common and useful to set your new text below the
original, again because of the context.
Be logical. Sometimes directions are wrong or out-of-date.
> <snip>
>
> Alexander Skwar wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 08:03:23AM -0400, Charles A Edwards wrote:
> > And while we are at the netiquette: The netiquette also states that
> > replies should be *BELOW* the text that you quote, and that in a reply
> > you should only qoute the absolutely neccessary parts of the message,
> > and not the whole message!
>
>
> Gosh, I wondered about that...I always put
> my comments at the beginning...my thinking
> was that it makes it easier to view the
> responses on an existing thread. I didn't
> realize it should go at the end. Guess I
> will need to change how I respond.
>
> Thanks for the tip.
>
> Bambi
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