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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Don Kelly wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10.0pt">> On
13/3/14 6:27 pm, Eric Wieling wrote:</span></tt><span
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<tt>> > This is an example of why I top post. Who
wrote what?</tt><br>
<tt>> </tt><br>
<tt>> Of course, if you use a mail client that's capable
of quoting correctly, </tt><br>
<tt>> it all works beautifully.</tt><br>
<tt>> </tt><br>
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<tt><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Kevin Larson
sez:<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Outlook
can quote correctly, but it is an all or nothing setting
it would appear. Lotus Notes actually handles it better as
there is a Reply option for normal email and a Reply With
Internet-Style History that I use for this list. I don't
have any problems following the rules of the list, but I
am fully on the side of the "Replies should go at the top"
group and would vote for a change in the rules. <o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’ll
vote again for top posting, and expect my vote to be
recognized “internationally” about as much as the Crimean
referendum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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--Don<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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As an interesting aside, the oft quoted rule #5 didn't exist for
many years, until one of these diatribes took place. Then, and only
then, was it added and the contention made that it was always there.<br>
Many of the same who continue to carp on top posting are the worst
offenders when it comes to trimming the footers that arrive with
each message, forcing the reader to wade through many of these to (
sometimes ) find a reply or maybe, just maybe, an answer. Often it
isn't worth the effort to scroll through all the crap to find the
pony.<br>
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John Novack<br>
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