> -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Allen > Why > doesn't thunderbird open at the bottom by default, with a > user-option to > open at the top if you really want to ? Because USENET and emails are not the same thing. Just because you get USENET postings delivered to you by email and you can respond by email, in the end, it is still USENET. I bottom post ONLY to avoid hassles on certain lists, but my preference has always been top-posting, going back to the late eighties. If your message is clear, I don't care. And I do certainly appreciate the trimming of unneeded portions a posting. The information contained in this message and any attachment may be proprietary, confidential, and privileged or subject to the work product doctrine and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by replying to this message and deleting it and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you.