Re: OT - Dilbert on the ethics of e-mail etiquette
Chris Bannister wrote in Article
<[🔎] 20070516053657.GA3530@localhost.localdomain> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:46:21AM -0400, Manaen Schlabach wrote:
>> Their MS outlook defaults to top posting...therefore it must be ok.
>> Microsoft said so =_)
>
> It could be argued that it defaults to putting the cursor at the top so
> to enable easy snipping of unnecessary text. If it defaulted to bottom
> posting then even less snipping would occur. :-(
There's a little more to Schlabach's statement than you seem to have an
understanding of: Outlook throws on a five-line forward-style header and
does not indent by default, making replies in OE very hard to make look
like anything other than a forwarded email.
> IMHO "top posting" is preferable to "bottom posting without snipping".
But that makes it even harder for the next person to fix the problem on
their reply. Top posting just compounds the problem in any situtaion.
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Paul Johnson
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