Bottom posting here. On 11/25/05, Nate Duehr wrote: > Xiaofan Chen wrote: > > > Using RTF or HTML it is still easy to do context posting. Within the same > > company (using the same Outlook 2k across the worldwide subsidary), > > it is actually good to use RTF and to do context posting is still easy in this > > case --> just using a different font color. However we all know RTF/HTML > > may not be good for people outside (like those using PINE). With plain text, > > what should I do? Shall I add a ">" at the beginning of every line? > > Yes, Outlook and Outlook Express can both do this, I think. > > On my copy of Outlook here... > > Tools -> Options -> E-mail Options -> > "When replying to a message" > [drop-menu] "Prefix each line of the original message" > > And there's a place to specify the character used for the prefix. > > Default is ">" and this has been a defacto standard since USENET was > popular, I guess. > > Commonly, depending on the client used, you'll see "nested" levels of > ">", ">>" (double reply), ">>>" third reply. > > This can get messy after a while and might cause someone to have to trim > them up a bit (or not bother with quoting so many people, just the > latest person's additional comments). > > Some people get fancy and use the -> "Mark my comments with" feature in > Outlook and other clients, and use their initials.... it ends up looking > like : > > ND> This is my comment. > > This is an older standard, more like the days when BBS's and Compuserve > were popular. > > I don't like these "name tags" as much, since they get messier even than > the nested ">>>>" things. But some people still like them to help them > track who's "talking" in the replies to the message thread. > > Nate > -- Do you think this ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>" thingy is better than top posting when using Outlook 2k? Regards, Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist