[libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

On 9/9/11 2:40 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
> On 09/08/2011 10:42 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
> > On 09/08/2011 04:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > > This list should allow people to use what they are familiar with
> > > rather than try
> > > to alienate new users surely?
> >
> > I dont agree with you.
>
> There are many nuances as to why sometimes top posting is a better
> choice, but, because this is really a personal preference that I
> frequently see turn into a mean-spirited flame war, I won't bother to
> enumerate them here and now.
>
> Are you aware of any email software that can be configured to easily
> deal with bottom posting (ie, when you hit reply, it places the cursor
> at the bottom of the message rather than the top, and, while reading the
> email, it skips the repeated top content and places the view screen
> beginning at the first new content)?
>
> I always figured that I should top AND bottom post. You decide if that
> is so that everyone will be happy, or no one will be happy :-)

Thunderbird will start your reply at the bottom.  And I've seen others 
with this option also.  But I've never seen any email program that will 
go simply to the new content.  I'm not sure it would even be possible, 
as a lot of where the new content in would depend on what the 
writer/poster did.



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Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 6.0.2
Thunderbird 6.0.2
LibreOffice 3.3.3


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