[nzlug] top posting, quoting

[Craig Box]

>> > I blame gmail myself, its quote hiding leads you to forget its
>> > there!
>> >
>> > And it puts you at the top when you start to reply too.
>> >
>> I blame Microsoft Outlook Express  myself (and thereby Microsoft by
>> default).  I think it was the first program to top post by default.
>>
>
> I further acuse MS of not quoting text as a default when replying. IOW
> the quote marks ">>>" as above are missing from many outlook emails i
> recieve. This seems to be increasingly the case with outlook users.
>
> Thank god this is a Linux list.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

Outlook (pre-2007) users are reminded about
http://jump.to/outlook-quotefix, or for Outlook Express,
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/.

(With increases in bandwidth and message processing technology, some
of the reasons for the rules are being lost in time, especially to
people who grew up with forums and believe mailing lists to be the
same.  For example, it used to be frowned upon to have an 8-line
signature on a 4-line message :-)

Craig