Top Posting

[Raeven Cogan]

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Boggess Rod <rboggess at tenovacore.com>wrote:

> > What is top posting and how can avoid doing it? I am sorry for asking
> such
> >a simple question but I have never been part of a mailing list until
> now;
> >thus, I have no idea what I am doing. [?]
> >------------------------------
>
> Don't sweat it. It's not THAT big of a deal. Top posting is popular on
> Windows lists because that's where most email clients leave the cursor
> when you hit reply. Just use your arrow keys or mouse to place the
> cursor at the bottom of the reply before you start typing.
>
> This is common in Linux because the archives are frequented more often
> for advice. When someone else comes upon this reply, they'll read your
> question first (at the top), then my reply (because it's bottom posted).
> Windows lists will often not even include the reply text because the
> archives are seldom searched.
>
> What email client are you using? Outlook perhaps? It appears you're also
> sending replies as HTML which is undesirable. If you don't have a
> compelling reason for using HTML, it would be considerate if you'd
> change your replies to use plain text. If you can't, your participation
> is more important than the formalities. Welcome to Ubuntu!
>
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I have no reason to use html it's simply that I don't know how to change to
plain text.
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