On 10 Jan 2007 at 17:34, Andy Greener wrote: > It occurs to me that users of mail clients such as Outlook (and OE) who > aren't running quote-fix or something similar won't actually see the quotes <snip>
Thanks, Andy. I was going to say something about this but then completely forgot. There may be a number of email programs whose default reply styles (and even display styles) may not be what the user would actually like, and changing the behavior can be difficult. The wikipedia article I referenced in my earlier message, at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting mentions that Microsoft Outlook and Gmail default to a top posting style, and indicates that Outlook is probably to blame for the ubiquity of top posting. The "external links" section of that page has links to "quoteFix" that will help control Outlook. As I said in the earlier message, we are not going to attempt to impose any posting standard here, but for those who genuinely which to change the behavior of their email program, there are probably subscribers to this list who can provide helpful links. - george [canals-list co-manager] www.canals.com
