Re: Outlook and news

J. P. Gilliver <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2026/2/22 19:12:35, Mark Lloyd wrote:
> > On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:01:34 +0000, Peter Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> >> Outlook Express had news access. It wasn't that good, although I
> >> couldn't tell you why at this distance. I used it for a few weeks before
> >> I discovered Agent.
> > 
> > Some people had a problem when you're replying and it would start with the 
> > cursor at the top, leading to top-posting. That one never bothered me, 
> > since I knew to click before typing anything.
> 
> Some even suggested that was to encourage snipping/interposting, rather
> than not doing any snipping and adding all of your response at the
> bottom, which is (almost) as bad as top-posting.

  Well, it depends on exactly *where* "at the top" the cursor was
positioned. For best Netiquette, it should be directly below the
attribution line, because *that* encourages snipping/interposting.

  OTOH, positioning the cursor really "at the top", i.e. above the
attribution line encourages top-posting.

  As to top- versus bottom-posting, the latter is worse, because you
have to page through all the quotes, to see if perhaps there's a bit of
interposting.

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