Re: Reply Top Posting

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, M.RossARR wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Matt Ackeret wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, M.RossARR wrote:
>>
>> I do like the idea, and have made the similar suggestion for GUI mail programs.
>>
>> But BTW, just moving the cursor there ISN'T the solution, because replying
>> below _AND QUOTING THE ENTIRE MESSAGE_ is almost as bad as top-posting.
>
> Again, there are exceptions. It may not solve all problems. People
> tend to leave most of the message they reply to intact with
> top-posting. I receive monsters quite often. People just type at the
> top & send! Then both problems exist! Some effort must be made by
> users, but People are lazy. That cannot be fixed. But maybe altered.

Indeed I think adding the cursor between the quoted text and the signature 
by default could change the behaviour in some cases. Even if it does not 
fit 100% of the cases (external editors, people disabling it) it may help 
for the people that are not aware or do not mind.

If you needed people to vote YES!, that's exactly my vote.

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