On 08/09/11 11:29, Don Myers wrote:Reply
below:On 09/07/2011 08:02 PM, NoOp wrote:For those that continue to
insist on top
posting on the LO lists: pleaseconsider bottom posting with
interspersed replies.Hi All,I will respect your wishes about posting at the
bottom. I live in
the US. I do a lot of work e-mails in my job, and receive a lot of
work e-mails. I never receive any e-mails where people reply to me
at the bottom. The reply is always at the top. I never understood
why Thunderbird had the default to reply at the bottom when
Thunderbird came out. It was backwards!!!!!! So I have always
changed the default on every system I've installed it on. Maybe
there are different customs in different countries.DonIt's not a point
about national customs. It's about the way we read
mailing lists.If you are in a one-to-one conversation then you will know the
context of the conversation and more importantly you will remember
what you said to that person last time.In that case top posting
works often,although you may still have to re-quote parts of the
previous conversation to make it clear what is being talked about or
the points you are responding to.In a mailing list where there are multiple
conversations frommultiple people all happening simultaneously, it is a lot
easier for
all concerned if replies are interspersed in the body of the
previous email or at the bottom so that new readers can pick up the
context of the conversation. Also for people who come across the
archived version looking to solve a problem several months later, it
is much easier if you can follow the logical flow by scrolling down
through the various discussions.We've had this discussion multiple times on
this and previously on
the OO list.I'm with NoOp on this but I know that there are people who
insist on
their right to top post.--
God bless you
Keith Bates
4 Mooloobar St
Narrabri 2390
Ask Jesus into your life
He is The Way, The Truth and The Life
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