Hello Chris, On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 21:56:41 +1100 GMT (02/03/2004, 17:56 +0700 GMT), Chris wrote:
> Yep, I guess in the end it all comes down to personal taste. What > works for one, doesn't for another. What matters is that The Bat! is > an email program with enough flexibility in it so that people can > set it up the way they like it - they aren't forced into using the > programmer's preferences. Sure. TB allows for both inline quoting and top posting or whatever you like. I have seen bottom-posting... What you wish to do is possible with TB. My point is that I personally wouldn't prefer it, but you can do it if you want. > As for inline quoting, this list is the only place I will > consider it - & only then because I will be flamed into a crisp > should I not do it. I haven't seen a flame war on this list for ages. > For mine (again just personal taste), top posting is the way to go > (flame proof suit on for that sentence!). No suit necessary. Top posting has its place, I use it in the office. Not on mailing lists, though. > As for my messages not threading, I wouldn't be surprised. I have > turned off the option for the tbudl list to send me emails. [...] I see. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." -- Western Union internal memo, 1876. Message reply created with The Bat! 2.04.7 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 256MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.04.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
