[X-Newbies] Top posing in mail?

[Al Poulin]

On May 20, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Andrew J. Yon III wrote:

>
>> On May 20, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>> Oh sweet irony - thanks for all the inefficient, space wasting HTML
>> *massive sigh*
>>
>
>
> For the HTML, I apologize. It seems that 10.4.1 update changed my 
> settings from use plain text to html. I have always had it set to only 
> use plain text , but missed it in this update.
>
> Others may need to check their Apple Mail.app preferences, also.

Oh my, half a day has gone by and nary a response!  Has this rapid 
firing and entertaining thread suddenly died a Transmanian Death?  
Pity.  Let's not let that happen!

As for myself, I top post, I bottom post, and I interleave in these 
lists and my more private correspondence, depending entirely on the 
topic, context, and situation.  I decide in each and every case.

Conveniently, making this reply is very simple.  I subscribe to this 
list in feed mode, only because in digest mode I sometimes had to wait 
days for an X-Newbies digest to reveal itself.  In other lists that 
issue digests at least once a day, even for one message, replying to a 
specific item is less convenient; a reply requires some extra 
formatting chores to handle the subject line and the attribution at the 
beginning of text.  And sometimes I have to cut/paste to relocate my 
signature.  I suspect Jamie and a few others here would not care to go 
that route.

Al Poulin
Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, 
proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.