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Re: Where does the Republican Party stand on top posting?
From: "Åke Nordin" <polymorpevz () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:34:23 +0200
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Alex Eckelberry <AlexE () sunbelt-software com> wrote:
I started, like everyone else, eons ago with bottom posting. Then when That Horror Known as Outlook came out, I kept having to force others to go to bottom posting, bitterly complaining when they posted on top (Outlook's default behavior). I fought it bitterly. Huge fights with others (including family). I was estranged from my own corporate culture. But then... I started to post on top, and rather liked it. In fact, the more I do, the more I like. I suppose it's because you don't really read an email from the top to the bottom, you actually read email subject lines (and the preview pane) from the top of your inbox to the bottom. An even more miserable admission for my pathetic soul, is that I've found I rather like That Horror Known as Outlook. I see the conflicts in lists that I'm on -- many use old newsreader style in their responses, while others use Outlook's defaults. There's a general shift in habits as the world has moved more on to email listservs. Newsreader default behavior is different than Outlook's. So try it up on top. The view is nice up here, even if it is sometimes rather lonely. Alex
Or try the quotefix Outlook wrapper. Takes out the tedium of kosher quoting style, the style is also configurable to some extent. <http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/> -- Åke Nordin Unix/net geek, Netia.se consultant, Stacken member. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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