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Re: OT: Top Posting Vs. Bottom Posting: Case Closed!
de John Fitzsimons 04/23/2006 01:27
On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:34:13 GMT, Paul Blarmy <foxesfan@trashmail.net>
wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:07:20 -0500, Ron May wrote...
>> Except for cases when you scroll down a hundred lines only to see a
>> one-line reply (which is really a matter of inconsiderate editing) the
>> only compelling reason for top posting is that Outlook and OE handle
>> emails that way for some reason unknown to me.
>I always took it that the cursor starts at the top NOT to encourage top-
>posting but to get you set and ready to start snipping superfluous text.
>You don't start snipping at the bottom after all!
Agreed. But many people using OE are too lazy to step through a
post/email inserting comments and deleting irrelevant info.
What OE needs is an option to start at the end of a previous post
OR at the beginning. Many haven't discovered their CTRL + end
keys yet.
Regards, John.
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