Michael Douglas wrote: > Thomas Ibbotson wrote: >> There is also no need for bottom posting if you use thunderbird with >> thread view, as everyone could simply not include the previous messages
> And if you ARE including all the previous stuff, bottom posting means > the read it in the correct order Of course, the 'traditional' netiquette is to *edit* what you're replying to (rather than just including tens or hundreds of lines of an ever-expanding thread) so that there is just enough context to make your reply comprehensible. But habit formed when bandwidth was precious. Very few people bother these days -- another complaint to lay at the door of corporate practice with MS Outlook, alongside HTML e-mail. :-( ;-) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/