Re: [NTLK] Replying

From: Laurent Daudelin (nemesys_at_cox.rr.com)
Date: Thu Oct 25 2001 - 01:02:14 EDT

on 24/10/01 21:26, PaulMmn at PaulMmn_at_ix.netcom.com wrote:

> Obviously, the correct place to reply is at the TOP of the message,
> with the original down below. That way, you don't have to wade thru
> all of what has gone before to get to the 'new' stuff.

I'm not sure about that. If you want to know what the reply is about, you
have to read the quoted message down. It's not that obvious that placing
your reply at the top would do more good then at the bottom. Certainly not
because you don't have to "wade thru all of what has gone before to get to
the 'new' stuff". Unless it's a very closed or small list, where you can
easily remember which messages were sent, it's very hard to remember on a
list like NewtonTalk what someone is replying to without reading the quoted
material.

Just my $0.02...

-Laurent. 

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