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-----Original Message----- From: David [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 8:22 AM To: Chris Grabowski; we English Mailinglist Subject: Re: Replying to messages in ThunderBird Thanks, no wonder I did not find anything, since I was looking under Options. Smile.. David On 5/21/2014 12:33 PM, Chris Grabowski wrote: > Hi, > Press alt-t for the tools menu. > Arrow to account settings and press enter. > Down arrow to "composition and addressing. > Press tab 4 times to move to the option "then start my reply and use your > arrow keys to change it from below the quote to above the quote. > Press enter to close the dialog. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 6:01 AM > To: we English Mailinglist > Subject: Replying to messages in ThunderBird > > I recently transfered from XP to more modern PCs. As part of the > transfer, I had to get a new mail client, after being used to Outlook > Express for more than a decade. There are several things I find tricky > in Thunderbird, the new client I am using. > > Yet, one thing I would like to know if there is a workaround or setting > for, is this. When I see a message I want to reply to, I hit the > Ctrl-Shift-R, to reply to all. Up comes the window for me to write my > reply. Trouble is, that the cursor steadily gets positioned at the > bottom of the thread. As you all know, typically the reply should be > inserted at top of the message. OK, no, I am not starting a discussion > on whether the reply should be found at top or bottom of the message, > but the general practice on this list and many others, is to have the > reply inserted at top. In Outlook Express, this was really easy, as the > cursor always landed at top when you hit the reply button. It was simply > just start typing, and send your message. > > My experience with Thunderbird its, that the cursor consequently lands > at bottom of the message, and I will have to keep remembering to hit the > Ctrl-Home, to get to the top, prior to start my typing. Apparently, I am > getting old, since I keep forgetting this extra keystroke. > > Now, you users who are well-experienced with Thunderbird, is there a > setting somewhere, that I have missed, which will force the replies to > be inserted at top of the message? If not, could this be part of the > Thunderbird Enhance app? > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
