Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-15 Thread Shannon
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 06:45:22PM -0700, J Sand wrote: > the message works the best. Why don't we take a vote and have a standard > way agreed upon. Comments? Why take a vote when there is a method that has been time tested for over 15 years? To me, if you are going to top-post, why not just

Re: Re(2): Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-15 Thread vincenzo
>>When I enter the reply mode the entire >>message is selected; > >Highlight the text you want to quote, hold down shift as >you click reply. Then only the highlight will be quoted. Easy. Works the same with Claris Emailer Vincenzo -- Quadlist is sponsored by and..

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-15 Thread Spiritus ex Machina
>To All Of Us: > >Am I the only one that is finding all these comments about top -VS- >bottom filling up their email inbox a little silly. Possibly, given that the exchange is continuing. ;-) >Have we gotten to the >point of the "Point and Click" mentality and unable to resolve text manualy

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-15 Thread the pickle
At 18:45 -0700 on 15/11/02, J Sand wrote: >Am I the only one that is finding all these comments about top -VS- >bottom filling up their email inbox a little silly. Have we gotten to the Personally, I think it's been an interesting, if somewhat trivial, discussion thus far, but what do I know

Mac II Needs Adoption

2002-11-15 Thread J Sand
I have a MacII that I no longer need. Does anyone wish to give it a new home. The unit is for free, I live in La Crosse, WI and can ship it by bus (should be the chepest way I know) with the understanding that the new parent will pay for the shipping costs I incur. John _

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-15 Thread J Sand
To All Of Us: Am I the only one that is finding all these comments about top -VS- bottom filling up their email inbox a little silly. Have we gotten to the point of the "Point and Click" mentality and unable to resolve text manualy as needed in our replies to messages. "Cut and Paste" migh

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-15 Thread the pickle
At 11:36 +1100 on 16/11/02, Michael Dawe wrote: >Mac). It can be easily configured not to top post, or include the entire >quoted article, or worse, post in HTML. Users just need to be made aware of Unfortunately, it comes defaulted to the WORST possible settings. OE sucks. I hate it. -- the

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting (e-mail clients bifurcation)

2002-11-15 Thread the pickle
At 01:53 +0100 on 16/11/02, Jonny Lindberg wrote: >parameter when choosing an e-mail client is that the Mailsmith doesn't support >HTML-rendering (Personally, I find this being in favour of the Mailsmith). As would I. HTML has no business whatsoever in e-mail, despite Microsoft's (and thus the m

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting (e-mail clients bifurcation)

2002-11-15 Thread Jonny Lindberg
Mr. Pickle wrote: >Suffice it to say that several friends of mine havenĀ¹t found Mailsmith to be >adequate in several areas. It has amazing search and filtering, but as a >general mail client, it leaves a bit to be desired, they say. Well, It suffice to say it's a matter of prefered flavour then.

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-15 Thread Michael Dawe
on 14/11/2002, "John Ruschmeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you think Eudora 3.0 is bad, you should see Microsoft Outlook. You hit >> reply, it basically set it up for a top post. You can't bottom >> post even if >> you wanted to unless you manually go through and add quote marks >> and such

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-15 Thread Spiritus ex Machina
>>I am frequently, but not exclusively, a top quoter... > >I think what you're saying is that you think before responding - isn't that >what we want?? That is certainly an affirming way of putting it. How PC (Politically Correct, not Wintel) of you! ;-) >>...The mail client I am currently >>usin

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-15 Thread Spiritus ex Machina
>>the Eudora Thing extension, which colours depth of quoting... >> >> this is shown in yellow > >Oh joy, yellow text on a white background! ;-) > Of course, by the time it gets to Yellow, everybody following the thread has already read it four times, so it's probably only of archive intere

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-15 Thread Robert Gray
>the Eudora Thing extension, which colours depth of quoting... > > this is shown in yellow Oh joy, yellow text on a white background! ;-) -- Quadlist is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerSho

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting (e-mail clients bifurcation)

2002-11-15 Thread the pickle
At 14:35 +0100 on 15/11/02, Jonny Lindberg wrote: >Why not try the Mailsmith from Bare Bones? Select the text you want to quote >and Suffice it to say that several friends of mine haven't found Mailsmith to be adequate in several areas. It has amazing search and filtering, but as a general mail

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting (e-mail clients bifurcation)

2002-11-15 Thread Jonny Lindberg
Hi! Why not try the Mailsmith from Bare Bones? Select the text you want to quote and hit the reply button (or use the menu), there it is in the reply window selected and ready to either top- or bottom post. The whole program is absolutely "BBEditish" and has very fine search and filtering function

Re: Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-15 Thread BrianH
>I am frequently, but not exclusively, a top quoter... I think what you're saying is that you think before responding - isn't that what we want?? >...The mail client I am currently >using, Eudora Pro 3.0, is rather deficient in its options for response >composition ... I'd be interested in opinio