> -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 9:18 PM > To: piclist@mit.edu > Subject: Re: [EE] Top-posting, is it really that bad? > This is what I get when I hit reply. This piclist-bounces@mit.edu makes it difficult to know that Gerhard Fiedler wrote the following. This is a bit strange. > You can configure Outlook to prefix every line of a message you are > replying to with e.g. ">". (Tools | Options | Preferences | > E-mail Options > ... | On replies and forwards.) This makes context posting > quite possible, > even with Outlook. We need to take into account that while > nowadays most > programs come out of the box with some useful functionality, the real > spectrum of functionality comes to light only after reading > the manual and > going through all menu and configuration items. I am doing this and you see Outlook messes up the lines. It messes up the spelling check as well but that is a secondary issue. > The other option is to use a hammer for nails and a > screwdriver for screws > (in other words, the right tool for the job): I use Outlook > as my email > program for "normal" email and as a general organizing tool, > but I read > mailing lists and newsgroups with a different program (40tude > Dialog). In > these days of plenty free email addresses, this is not > difficult to set up > at all. So you can use the Outlook-induced top posting for the private > emails, where it more often is not as bad as it is in newsgroups and > mailing lists, and use all the tools a good newsreader provides (like > reformatting citation paragraphs) to context post in > newsgroups and mailing > lists. > I agree with you and my testing of Outlook 2k with context posting ended. ;-) Yes the setting makes it possible to do context posting. But which one you prefer? Messed-up lines or top-posting? ;-) I know the answer: give up Outlook 2k for PIClist. I noticed another thing, this setting does not mess up my normal work related email when they are in RTF format (the default). It still default to normal setup (no '>' before reply or forward). Only when the format is plain text, it starts to give problems. So Outlook 2k is really for group email especially when it is coupled with exchange server. Outlook Express is much better a email client to use with mailing list. Regards, Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist