Outlook Express automatically TopPosts?

This might help : http://flash.to/oe-quotefix

"Peter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I just checked my Shop Help post and found it had formatted as a TopPost.
Knowing how some people detest this practise I am asking if it is possible
to Bottom Post with OE and if so how? Thanks.

I'm not using it (yet).

"Peter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I just checked my Shop Help post and found it had formatted as a TopPost.
Knowing how some people detest this practise I am asking if it is possible
to Bottom Post with OE and if so how? Thanks.

Hit reply, click below the existing text, return, start typing.

Like this.

Nothing *prevents* you, in any client, from putting the text where you want
it.

Pete

Peter said:

I just checked my Shop Help post and found it had formatted as a
TopPost. Knowing how some people detest this practise I am asking if
it is possible to Bottom Post with OE and if so how? Thanks.

Yes, you simply move the cursor below that to which you're replying.
(Preferably snipping extraneous text, but that's frosting 🙂

Bill "if I can figure it out..." S.

S o r n i said:

Yes, you simply move the cursor below that to which you're replying.
(Preferably snipping extraneous text, but that's frosting 🙂

cack .. no it's not. top-post if you don't trim, thanks.
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David Reuteler said:

S o r n i said:

Yes, you simply move the cursor below that to which you're replying.
(Preferably snipping extraneous text, but that's frosting 🙂

cack .. no it's not. top-post if you don't trim, thanks.

Huh? How does not trimming make top-posting more coherent?

Bill "au contraire, n'est-ce pas?" S.

Peter said:

I just checked my Shop Help post and found it had formatted as a TopPost.
Knowing how some people detest this practise I am asking if it is possible
to Bottom Post with OE and if so how? Thanks.

If you use a news client much, and are not afraid of learning how to use
something a LOT more configurable, give xnews a try.
http://xnews.newsguy.com/
It has a scoring system, IDtoken (marks replies to your messages), and many
more advanced features and abilities.

" S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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David Reuteler said:

S o r n i <[email hidden]> wrote:

cack .. no it's not. top-post if you don't trim, thanks.

Huh? How does not trimming make top-posting more coherent?

Bill "au contraire, n'est-ce pas?" S.

Because the reader then doesn't have to wade through a sometimes very
lengthy messsage to get to a sometimes two word answer. Thanks to all who
replied to my OP.
Cheers.

S o r n i said:

David Reuteler said:

S o r n i said:

Yes, you simply move the cursor below that to which you're replying.
(Preferably snipping extraneous text, but that's frosting 🙂

cack .. no it's not. top-post if you don't trim, thanks.

Huh? How does not trimming make top-posting more coherent?

it doesn't. but top posting is far less annoying to me than paging through
10 screenfuls of quoted text to get to the "me, too." trimming for relevance
is more important to establishing the context of your response than whether
you post it at the top or the bottom. tho obviously it doesn't make much
sense to post it at the top.

but if you're not going to trim, stick your response at the top so i can
chose whether or not to read the entire quoted message most of which has
nothing to do with your response.

just do it right: trim, then post conversationally (aka bottom post).
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david reuteler
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S o r n i said:

Peter said:

I just checked my Shop Help post and found it had formatted as a
TopPost. Knowing how some people detest this practise I am asking if
it is possible to Bottom Post with OE and if so how? Thanks.

Quoted message said:

Yes, you simply move the cursor below that to which you're replying.

Oh, wow! But like what if my mouse gets to the bottom of the mouse pad
before the cursor gets to the bottom of the text?

Art

Harris said:

Oh, wow! But like what if my mouse gets to the bottom of the mouse pad
before the cursor gets to the bottom of the text?

I guess you only reply to the shorter posts.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

Harris said:

S o r n i said:

Peter said:

I just checked my Shop Help post and found it had formatted as a
TopPost. Knowing how some people detest this practise I am asking if
it is possible to Bottom Post with OE and if so how? Thanks.

Quoted message said:

Yes, you simply move the cursor below that to which you're replying.

Oh, wow! But like what if my mouse gets to the bottom of the mouse pad
before the cursor gets to the bottom of the text?

Get a longer mouse pad...DUH!

Bill "channeling Vandenut" S.

"Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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S o r n i said:

Peter said:

I just checked my Shop Help post and found it had formatted as a
TopPost. Knowing how some people detest this practise I am asking if
it is possible to Bottom Post with OE and if so how? Thanks.

Quoted message said:

Yes, you simply move the cursor below that to which you're replying.

Oh, wow! But like what if my mouse gets to the bottom of the mouse pad
before the cursor gets to the bottom of the text?

Use the wheel to scroll down.

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"Peter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I just checked my Shop Help post and found it had formatted as a
TopPost. Knowing how some people detest this practise I am asking if
it is possible to Bottom Post with OE and if so how? Thanks.

http://flash.to/oe-quotefix

I've used it for ages. It's excellent.

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Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

"Peter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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" S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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David Reuteler wrote:

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Huh? How does not trimming make top-posting more coherent?

Because the reader then doesn't have to wade through a sometimes very
lengthy messsage to get to a sometimes two word answer. Thanks to all
who replied to my OP.

You're answering a question he didn't ask. Top-posting never makes a
response more coherent regardless of whether extraneous material is snipped
or not.

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sittingduck said:

Peter said:

I just checked my Shop Help post and found it had formatted as a TopPost.
Knowing how some people detest this practise I am asking if it is possible
to Bottom Post with OE and if so how? Thanks.

If you use a news client much, and are not afraid of learning how to use
something a LOT more configurable, give xnews a try.
http://xnews.newsguy.com/
It has a scoring system, IDtoken (marks replies to your messages), and many
more advanced features and abilities.

I wasn't going to suggest a new client, since that's not really a
solution, but since somebody else took the first step...🙂

haven't used the above, and I'll have a lookie, but I use Pan for Windows
and LInux. Super quick to learn, offline mode, supports binaries, and has
sensible keyboard shortcuts:

It's free software:

pan.rebelbase.com

DRS said:

http://flash.to/oe-quotefix

I've used it for ages. It's excellent.

I like it, too. (Irish Spring commercial? Showing my age with THAT!)

Interestingly, however, I didn't change the cursor orientation from OE's
default (top). Maybe I'm just so used to it starting there, but I found it
annoying to have to scroll UP to trim -- and probably wouldn't bother as
often as a result. By scrolling from top to bottom, it's easy to take out
unnecessary text as you go.

Bill "and the colors and icons are cool, too" S.

sittingduck said:

If you use a news client much, and are not afraid of learning how
to use something a LOT more configurable, give xnews a try.
http://xnews.newsguy.com/
It has a scoring system, IDtoken (marks replies to your messages),
and many more advanced features and abilities.

And the price is right.

--
Ray Heindl
(remove the Xs to reply to: [email hidden])

maxo said:

I wasn't going to suggest a new client, since that's not really a
solution, but since somebody else took the first step...🙂

shutdown
insert FreeBSD CD
reboot
install FreeBSD (WARNING: May cause loss of data)
reboot
login
% tin

(bliss)
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david reuteler
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Andy Simpson said:

This might help : http://flash.to/oe-quotefix

"Peter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I just checked my Shop Help post and found it had formatted as a
TopPost. Knowing how some people detest this practise I am asking if
it is possible to Bottom Post with OE and if so how? Thanks.

I'm not using it (yet).

hells bells, it works. ripper.