Re: Bottom-posting etiquette   
     By: Nightfox to Access Denied on Tue Feb 07 2012 06:38 pm   
      
    > That's true..  But I'm not sure there is always a setting in the software.   
    > I've been using web-based email for quite a while (Gmail and Hotmail), and   
    > I don't recall seeing a setting in their preferences to toggle top-posting   
    > vs. bottom-posting when replying to emails.   
      
   I'm sure it's not common throughout different softwares or web-based email.   
   It's one of those things that's added sporatically, and even if added, usually   
   isn't the default setting.   
      
    > Also, if one person changes that, it may lead to very confusing emails - In   
    > a long thread, your reply would be on the bottom of text where everyone   
    > else had replied on top.  Continuity would then be inconsistent.   
      
   I've never had any complaints yet. Granted, when you reply to someone like   
   this message for example, and you reply to segments of their original post, it   
   let's them know what they hell you're replying to.   
      
   The few times I have top posted.. by the time it got back to me I had   
   forgotten everything the original message was about. So I just stick to my   
   norm. :)   
      
    > Yep.  I tend to follow the "when in Rome" rule when emailing people - If   
    > they bottom-post (or vice-versa), then I'll do so as well, to keep the flow   
    > consistent and less confusing.  However, if I'm emailing someone on a BBS   
    > or from the BBS scene, I tend to always bottom-post because that's the norm   
    > in the BBS world.   
      
   Meh, any time I top post it becomes more confusing. Just differs from the way   
   I've always done it, I guess. I'm not going to change my ways to make anyone   
   happy.. at least when it comes to something as minor as email. :)   
      
    > :)  I used Thunderbird for a long time too.  If you set it to plain email,   
    > do you still see a bunch of HTML tags in your emails, or does Thunderbird   
    > filter those out?  I would tend to leave the HTML setting turned on,   
    > otherwise I'd get a bunch of HTML tags in my emails, which would make my   
    > email very difficult to read.   
      
   It filters all of that out, and even adds >'s and >>'s (etc) to what you're   
   replying to. Damn near exactly like a BBS.   
      
    > I pretty much stopped using Thunderbird though, when I decided to stop   
    > using my ISP's email account and use Gmail as my primary email service.  I   
    > know Thunderbird can connect to Gmail, but I decided to just use their web   
    > interface for consistency (I don't always check my Gmail account on my home   
    > computer).   
      
   You're not the only one. I know quite a few people that only use web-based   
   email. I like having all of my addresses accessible through Thunderbird at one   
   time. Though, from anywhere else, I could access any web-based email I wanted   
   to as well.. which I usually don't, since I'm not around computers all day   
   while at work, and when we're out and about, computers are one of my least   
   concerns.   
      
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