Bottom posting v top posting

[Brian Salter-Duke]

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:57:33AM -0400, Mark H. Wood wrote:
> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 09:52:23AM +1000, Brian Salter-Duke wrote:
> > My partner reads gmail on her phone or tablet. She reads my messages but does
> > not realise that if she scrolls down she can see her message that I replying
> > to. If I had bottom posting, she would never have read my message, thinking
> > that some how she had got her email back again. The use of phones for email
> > alters the game. It is time we gave up bottom posting!
> 
> You go right ahead and give it up, if you wish.
> 
> I have no interest in coddling people who use tools but can't be
> bothered to learn how they work.

That is not the point. I know how mutt works although I am still learning new
things after using it for 20 years or so. Regretably, at 79, I am forgetting
some features I rarely use!!

I have however given up trying to convince people to use bottom posting. I go
with the flow - bottom posting on this list and top posting almost everywhere
else. There is no point continuing to do something which does not work.

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                     The best slogan used by an education trade union.
Brian Salter-Duke (Brian Duke) Email: brian(DOTjames(DOTduke(AT)gmail(DOT)com