"Rob Kimberley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The smiley (humour) was implied.
> I didn't mean any offence, but have been used to top posting, as > business email (that's what I originally got my email for > originally back in the mid 90's) was all (and still is) top > posted. > It was only when I ventured into newsgroups that I came across > bottom posting, which to me seemed totally illogical. I've read > the pros of bottom posting (and the cons of top posting), but > still can't get my head or my email prog (Outlook), around it. > Cheers > Rob Kimberley There is a very big difference between a business email and a forum. A business email is usually between two people and concerns only one subject. The exchange is usually very short, perhaps a single question and a single reply. In these situations, top posting is probably the easiest method. A forum is completely different. There may be many people involved, but unless they respond to a post, you never know if they are present. The discussion can involve several different issues, each with their own thread. New threads can appear and take over the entire conversation, or quickly disappear. A discussion can continue for a very long time and involve many people. In this situation, top posting is very inconsiderate. You have already heard all the reasons. If your email client is to blame, perhaps it should be replaced with one more suitable. Pimmy is an excellent client, and you can still get version 3.5, the last free one here: http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page28.html Pimmy is designed to handle an unlimited number of mailboxes and accounts. You can get disposable email addresses from a number of sites. I have found KasMail is the best: http://www.kasmail.com/ KasMail is free and allows you to have up to 25 different email addresses. You can use different ones for eBay, PayPal, and each of your bank accounts. This helps increase security, since you never use these for anything else. This reduces the opportunity for ID theft. You can use some for typical web sites that won't allow you to proceed without an email address. However, these can often be stolen and end up on a spammer's list. Once there, it is impossible to remove them. You are now vulnerable to all kinds of malware hidden in html messages. These use GIF's, JPEG's, PDf, IFRAMES, scripts, Visual Basic, and other methods to hijack your system. Once in, the criminals can do anything they want. They can steal your bank account and credit card usernames and passwords, and drain your accounts. They can turn your computer into a zombie, sending spam to other victims. You can end up with numerous malware programs all fighting for control. This can slow down your computer and cause serious crashes. The answer is to simply dispose of the bad email address and get a new one. Following this simple rule, I have virtually eliminated all spam. I now may get one spam every month or two. This is a huge improvement from the hundreds or thousands I used to get. One more thing. Most email clients will execute programs hidden in email, or downloaded from a web site. Pimmy will not execute programs. It won't even render html. It won't download anything from external sites. So there is no way you can be infected by incoming malware hidden in an email message. And, of course, Pimmy will let you bottom post:) Best Regards, Mike Monett _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
