What is top-posting?

[unksi]

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Justin Gallardo kirjoitti:
> ben darby wrote:
>> * unksi (unksi at kapsi.fi) wrote:
>>   
>>> Ok thanks for clarifying, I thought there was something wrong in what I
>>> actually wrote as I have never heard about top-posting before. Will try
>>> to look for a setting in Thunderbird to change it. :)
>>>
>>>     
>> the setting you are looking for is under the Edit->Account Settings
>> Menu, Composition & Addressing, check the "Automatically quote the
>> original message when replying" box and move the combo box to "start my
>> reply below the quote".
>>
>>
>>   
> Is there a way to make it so you can highlight some text in the original 
> email, and just quote that part? Or do I have to manually delete it as I go?
> 

Atleast on Thunderbird you can do it from this very same drop down menu
as you can change top/bottom posting.
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