At 3:43 PM -0700 17-11-2002, Bill N wrote: >Here are the updated poll results. I received 7 more responses to >this question. The question was whether the new text should go on >top of or below the quoted section when replying. The new results >are: > >15 people: put the new text on top, above the quoted sections. >4 people: makes no difference either way. >2 people: on top, unless the quoted section is very short. >1 person: either, unless giving comments on several sections of the >previous post, in which case put each comment below the section you >are commenting upon. >1 person: Put the new text on the bottom. This may be related to >the respondent living in New Zealand where everything is upside down >anyway. :-) > >Bill in the Southwest The Low End Mac lists (US-run!) want bottom-posting, with only snips of the previous message. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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