> 
> 
> Olin wrote regarding 'Re: [OT] Top-posting, is it really that bad?' on Sat, Nov 26 at 18:04:
> > Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> > >> ... is not used by people who use spelling check.
> > > FYI, there /are/ email readers out there that can skip quoted text.
> [...]
> > Once again, this is just a simple setting:
> [...]
> > This time I'm at a Windows 2000 machine running Outlook Express, but I think
> > it's the same on Windows XP.  The first thing you do when setting up any
> [...]
> 
> Outlook (it's either 2000 or XP that I'm using at work, I honestly
> don't remember) can't skip that, for some reason.  When you check the
> option to insert a '>' to demarcate quoted text in plain-text
> messages, it pops up an alert box saying that it will no longer be
> able to determine what to spell check if you do that.  I'm still
> somewhat shocked at the sight of that warning.  I can't fathom why MS


Outlook 2000 does that.  Not sure about later versions.

Tony
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