On 02Feb2007 14:08, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 19:39 -0700, kuiskers wrote: | You don't have to type where the cursor lands. When I write a reply, | the first thing I do is usually to start removing things that don't need | quoting. So cursor positioning is generally unimportant. | | The norm on this list is "interspersed" replies (you write directly | below what you're responding, throughout the e-mail, as I'm dong). | Bottom-posting, as Cameron called it, is something different again. Only in the minimal form. I go for interspersed as well, but I call it bottom posting because at least it conveys the interspersal order:-( Editing the quoted stuff for relevance is such a basic level of courtesy that it should got without saying. However I know from bitter daily experience that this is not so for others. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ You Know You're in the SCA When... ...the tunes you unconsciously hum are in Latin. - Cailfind ingen Grainne