On Wednesday 23 January 2008, Bill wrote:
> its more of a personal thing for me, especially when the discussion
> gets long, its annoying to have to scrool down to see what the last
> thing said.
Email is a bit of a pain in that sense.
This is where trimming the previous posts is supposed to be done. Of course
you could also press Ctrl End to go to the bottom. I for one prefer
that "hassle" over trying to figure out who said what while reading
backwards. Then again I try to reply to comments inline (like this one) so
it's easy to tell what I'm replying to.
> On 1/23/08, Bob Stia <rnr@sanctum.com> wrote:
> > > > Here's the fix... I changed this since I seemed in the minority on
> > > > this thread to reply at the bottom. Plus OUTLOOK and NOTES both reply
> > > > at the top and I look like a goof at the bottom.....
> > > >
> > > > Tools :: Account Settings :: Composition & Addressing :: Then, Start
> > > > My Reply Above the Quote
> > >
> > > Arrgh. Please don't do this.
> >
> > Outlook, Notes??? That is your standard?? You are NOT a goof. When you
> > bottom post you are following the accepted procedures of many mailing
> > lists and news readers. Almost all of our mailing list participants (with
> > the exception of a few stubborn rebels) follow the protocol. Why do you
> > want to be a rebel?
> >
> > Mae be I'll bottom post or Mae be I won't...
> > Mae who?
> > Mae.
> > Who's there?
> > Knock Knock!
> >
> > Bob S
> >
> >
> >
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> maybe i'll start replying on the top and the bottom, that should make
> everyone happy right?
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