On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 07:09 +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 16:04 +0100, Steve Searle wrote: > >> Around 03:52pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 (UK time), Jonathan Allen scrawled: > >> > >>> Given that the preference on this list is trimming and > >>> bottom/mid-posting, and that Thunderbird is one of the principle mail > >>> agents used in the Fedora and Linux world, why does it always open > >>> incoming emails at the top, and compose new emails with the cursor at > >>> the top immediately ready to top-post? Moreover, thunderbird appears to > >>> have no user options to bottom post and view emails from the bottom (or > >>> Usenet articles either). > >> With bottom posting you want it to open at the top, as bottom posted > >> emails are designed to be read from top to bottom. You should be > >> arguing that Outlook, etc. clients should open at the bottom because > >> its user community tends to top post. > >> > >> Regarding composing, my view (and I've never used Thunderbird) is that > >> it opens at the top so you can start trimming from there, and working > >> down to the bits you want to reply to. > >> > >> Steve > >> > > However, when you google for e-mail etiquette you can't find a source > > that recommends bottom posting. I am afraid this is a peculiarity of > > fedora-list people. > > really? I googled "email advice." > first hit: > http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php Searching I did not find the word top or bottom at this web site. ======================================================================= A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
