Hallo Mary Anne, On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:14:46 -0500GMT (12-11-03, 20:14 +0100, where I live), you wrote:
MAL> I am not very familiar with the concept of selective uoting in MAL> replies as I am used to just posting reply at top of message. It MAL> seems like a very awkward process. Or is that a normal reaction MAL> to someone who is new to doing this? I guess it's normal that it takes some time to get used to it. All bad habits are hard to shake. (Just like smoking) As I was taught to quote sparsely when I started mailing I can't speak from my own experience. MAL> When I select one part of a message to respond to, I hit F4 and can MAL> write a reply, but the rest of the message disappears. Yep, that's why it's called 'selective quoting', you select only the part you want to reply to. MAL> Is the answer simply cursoring through the message and leaving a MAL> blank line between the quotes and my response? When you want to reply to several parts of the message, you don't use F4, but you quote the whole message. (Just like I did, in this message.) You delete the irrelevant parts and type your reply beneath the actual questions. A blank line between quotes and response enhances the readability, so it's something I'm doing all of the time. My first mail program did it automatically, so you could say that it's behaviour I grew in to. ;-) -- Groetjes, Roelof ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.01.3 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
