> Ok, I can see how its preferable to edit and reply at the bottom for > mailing lists. I'm going to keep that in mind from now on. :) > > Jeopardy-style, answer-first is not always bad for other types of > correspondences.
This is fair. You said before that it seems like a matter of preference. I can agree somewhat, but it's really more a matter of general convenience to the _reader_, rather than to the _author_. Whether I'm posting to a conventional list or to an individual or small group, I try to anticipate the situation and post accordingly. (Sometimes top-posting makes most sense.) But obviously, the more people might be reading your message, the more you lose the ability to anticipate what works best for the reader. :) I'd like to think that's why it's called 'netiquette', btw: not because it's a strict behavioral convention, but because its goal is to honor the recipient's interests above one's own. I usually find that top-posting is only suitable for very concise answers to questions, or "me too" type stuff. If the reader is likely not to know what I'm talking about at a glance, it's better to trim context and tail-post. But I suppose there are probably exceptions, and I'm allowed some error in judgment. :) And sometimes I find it best to put text both before and after the quoted material. * As for your original question, because I sometimes top-post and usually do not, I don't normally use mutt for attaching my signature at all. Instead I have an editor macro to insert it at the current cursor line. Mutt inserts my signature automatically at bottom, but I usually end up deleting it and re-adding it during the course of trimming context. -- -D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] NSIT University of Chicago
