| Eggs Zachtly 2006-09-21, 8:26 pm |
| Jim Ledford said:
> jaygreg wrote:
> [....]
>
> question first, answer second.
> the accepted usenet etiquette is to bottom post.
> which means your reply goes after that which you
> are replying to.
That's kind of close. Both "all" top-posting, and "all" bottom-posting are
frowned upon, with the later being the lesser of two evils. By far, the
best format would be inline-posting. Addressing each point, in turn. This
makes for the easiest reading, especially for someone just joining a thread
that hasn't quite degenerated into something totally off-topic, heh.
Snipping text that's not relevant to your reply is also considered
"proper", when posting to The USENET. And, unless it's a group specifically
about HTML, then posting in HTML instead of plain text will usually bring
about a good scolding.
>
> check your news reader settings [configuration] and
> you should be able to select whether your reply begins
> at the top or the bottom.
I don't believe that OE has the option. It's top-post or bust, for M$.
Although, I seem to remember hearing about OE Quotefix correcting this
issue. I don't go anywhere near OE unless I absolutely have to. It may be
something to look into. I know it fixes the way that OE borks quotes.
> <snip>
HTH
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Eggs
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