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[Bart Silverstrim]

Thomas Wolf wrote:
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> As an aside, I've been a UNIX user since about 1985 (I emphasize "user" 
> - vs. hacker).  I never have understood why some folks feel so strongly 
> about putting the quote before the reply.  An e-mail quote is not like a 
> literary quote.  It's there to provide a contextual background - in case 
> it's needed by the reader.  As such, it's of secondary importance to the 
> new content and should, therefore, be placed second.

Take a book...just about any book...and number the paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4,...

Then read it. Start at paragraph 2, then jump to 1, then to 4, then 3, 
then 6, then 5.

See how long it takes for you to either give up reading it or toss it aside.

Or, try reading chapter 4, then find references in that chapter into 
context by hunting through chapters one through three. Keep jumping back 
and forth until you piece it together.

Messages in email aren't that long, but when you keep having to sift 
through a lot of them over time that's what it amounts to. Unless you're 
part of the brain-fart generation where every mental hiccup is deemed 
worth of broadcasting to "ur frendz w txts" or you are unaccustomed to 
reading things longer than three paragraphs at a time, it's far easier 
to scan information chronologically and in context for reference (and 
CLARITY of what you're referring to!) than tacking an extra two pages of 
"just in case you want to search crap to figure out what the #@$ we're 
talking about"...that's what threading your sent items and/or 
trash/deleted items is for.

It's funny how many businesses bitch about emailers not being clear 
about conveying their thoughts and ideas in email while still posting a 
few lines of brain dropping to the top of a three page emailed memo and 
expecting people to take time to know what in the message you're 
referring to. It's laziness.