[MlMt] Posting to this list

Glenn Parker glenn.parker at comcast.net
Thu Oct 8 09:32:15 EDT 2020


And yet, AFAIK MailMate has no support for bottom-posting replies in the 
composer window, which is frustrating.

On 8 Oct 2020, at 9:19, Charlie Clark wrote:

> On 8 Oct 2020, at 15:14, Martin S Taylor wrote:
>
>> Indeed - sadly, I'm old enough to know that.
>>
>> Are there conventions about whether one should top-post or 
>> bottom-post? I see different users here follow different guidelines.
>
> Netiquette says: quote and bottom post.
>
> It's weird to see "modern" mail clients trying to "solve" the problems 
> caused by top-posting by introducing conversational views.
>
> Quoting relevant parts of a mail show focus.
>
> Posting below avoids the Doctor Who effect:
>
> Doctor Who
>> Who's there?
>>> Knock, knock
>
> ;-)


Glenn P. Parker
glenn.parker at comcast.net
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