Re: Bottom-posting etiquette   
     By: Access Denied to Nightfox on Wed Feb 08 2012 04:38 pm   
      
    >   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), an   
    >  > I don't recall seeing a setting in their preferences to toggle top-postin   
    >  > 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, usual   
    > isn't the default setting.   
    >    
    >  > Also, if one person changes that, it may lead to very confusing emails -    
    >  > 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 t   
    > message for example, and you reply to segments of their original post, it le   
    > 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 forgot   
    > 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 fl   
    >  > 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 no   
    >  > in the BBS world.   
    >    
    > Meh, any time I top post it becomes more confusing. Just differs from the wa   
    > 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.     
    >  > know Thunderbird can connect to Gmail, but I decided to just use their we   
    >  > interface for consistency (I don't always check my Gmail account on my ho   
    >  > 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 o   
    > time. Though, from anywhere else, I could access any web-based email I wante   
    > 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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    >    
   Yeah I think in my opinion Gmail is #1 for email. They make things nice and   
   simple. Very clean interfacing as well. A smooth transition to Gmail and I   
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