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Malcolm Cadman wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Gilpin
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>> Is there a convention to follow as regards where the reply goes? Sometimes I
>> get replies at the top of the original email, sometimes individual comments
>> interspersed in the Original message and sometimes at the bottom. Frequently
>> it is difficult to know to what the new comments relate. If the "RULES" were
>> to be pointed out to us wrong-doers, perhaps we would try harder next time.
>> Obviously no Gold Star this time!!
>
> OE can be set up to follow the usual conventions of a user list.
>
> The convention is to keep the reply format as simple as possible, so
> that everyone can follow it with whatever email software they may be
> using.
>
> On a users list it is usually better if a reply is below the quoted text
> from someone else, then the top phrase of whom you are replying to makes
> sense.
I like interleaving replies in context - this seems the most common.
>
> Although, there is a popular convention in emails to have the last
> comment at the top, as this can be easier to read by being at the top.
>
> The quote from another user should set to ">", the greater than sign.
> This then gets increased by one more ">", to become ">>", etc, as more
> replies are shown.
>
> Also plain text at 80 characters per line, makes it simple and easy to
> scan for reading.
>
... and mailers like Thunderbird and Turnpike (but *not* Outlook I
think) will protect quoted (indented) text from editing accidentally,
and make them a different colour.
It is then *very* easy to read.
Tony Firshman
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