OT: How do I change to not be a top poster?

You can download a patch for it, you'll have to google it though.

Charlie

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Lori Greenberg" :

]Is there a way to change my outlook newsreader so I can automatically be a ]bottom poster as opposed to a top poster?

it's just one more M$ thing, trying to make everyone fit what they want.

but if there IS a patch, be careful about where it comes from!

> I think it's called Quotefix. Try Googling that up and see what you come up with.

I know with my version of Outlook, I changed a setting within the program itself rather than using an outside program.

Now I'm using the MS Office for a mail client and I'm still trying to figure out how to make it attribute replies...

Michele

Techno geek me is embarassed to ask,but what's the difference?

B.

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Some people get really bent out of shape if your response is at the top of a post. I personally don't get it - but then again, I'm a top poster.

i still don't get it. Can you give me a 'for instance'?

Netscape is naturally bottom-posting, however, I can post where ever just by placing the cursor where I want it when I start typing. Outlook will not let you do that? Weird.

Arondelle

I"m getting bent out of shape at myself!

Right here. This is called top posting. (and you just did it too). My post is on top of the original message. It's all a preference. I personally think that it flows better if the text that I'm responding to is on the top and I can cut out what I don't want and then respond to it underneath. With this style I have to either recap what I'm posting about so you can follow it, or cut and paste it to the top here, or the reader has to scroll down to read and figure it out.

I've not seen anyone here complain but I know on other groups a long time ago I've heard people called "top posters" with the same tone you might hear someone say "bottom feeder". Hee hee. Not that it really matters...I just wanna do it the other way in the easiest fashion.

Thanks for the responses. I'll look for something from the suggestions and if it's a MS patch...that's hubby's department...I don't mess with those.

It'll let you do that but my signature is at the top. So, somewhere I have to cut and paste if I want it all.

Are you married to Outlook, or is there a possibility that you could ditch it for something else? I hate Netscape's browser, but the email/newsreader is pretty good. It can be set up as a stand-alone program, and you don't have to set up accounts for email, just for newsgroups, if that's what you want. It's also free. ;-)

(I don't like Outlook because a) it downloads mail upon opening whether you want it to or not, and b) hackers love to exploit all the security holes in it. I only use Outlook's contact and journal features.)

Arondelle

Nah, not married to it. Actually, it's Outlook Express that I've just been using forever because I have it. I do have Outlook for my mail but it's separate.

So, you think Netscape, huh?

My responses appear above the post to which I'm replying. Bottom posting is when the original post is above your response. And I just don't understand why some people care but some people get all weird about whether their toilet paper rolls from the front or the back. I don't care about that but I am rather picky about money in a cash register all face up and facing the same direction (bottom of the bill to the left, please.)

My personal preference is reading top posting (that is why I top post! bad netiquette I know!) I read the whole thread, and usually know what the reply is in response to, I hate having to scroll down to read the replies, and generally skip NGs that insist on bottom posting for that reason. I know I am lazy... Arleen

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Well JoAnn is a top poster, I'm a bottom poster. Top posters put their replys above what they're responding to bottom posters put their replys below.

Thanks for the examples everyone. In all my years on usenet, etc. I'd never actually run into the term (or the issue that some folks have with it). More often than not, I delete the entire message (as here) and type my reply.

B.

I hope you'll reconsider. I much prefer top posting. It reads more like a conversation. And it's easier to skim.

There are several people here who automatically move to the next post, instead of scrolling to a new starting point someplace or other in the text, in order to read a bottom post.

My understanding is that top posting is more common than bottom posting and that the netiquette rules for bottom posting are passé.

Tina

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I like it, but, as always, your mileage may vary. However, you've got not to lose by trying it since it costs nothing to download. :-)

Arondelle

But, then folks have no clue what you're replying to.

Arondelle

My personal preference is to reply to each point, interleaving my replies *within* the quoted text so that my reply is in context. And, if there's a paragraph to which I'm not replying, I just delete it. Saves bandwidth.

I find it quite annoying to read through screens of quoted text (and quoted quoted text, in some cases four or five iterations deep), hoping to find interspersed replies, only to find "Me, too!" at the bottom. If the "Me, too!" is at the top of a fully quoted post, it's even more annoying, because someone just downloaded a bunch of pointlessness at me.

Arondelle