Re: Why reply at the bottom of posts?

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......... then point me to them.. I can supply a dose of top posting.. lol..

OE users, please forgive what looks to be repetitive use of signatures, but
there are newsreaders out there that don't cope well with my modus
operandi.. this way, even though my OE signature is removed by these
'cowboy' programs :-), they will at least not forget who I am..

Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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> kurttrail wrote on Tue, 16 Aug 2005:
>
>>I really don't see the big deal about the sig and all the previous posts
>>except the one you are replying to getting snipped automatically.
>>
>>As a matter of fact, it would seem to be of help keeping post size to a
>>minimum. Not quoting the whole damned thread would seem to more
>>respectful of those that have bandwidth limits.
>
> LOL, you have a point, Kurt, and of course people shouldn't be quoting
> reams of old messages either. I never quote the whole thread. It's just
> when a little bit of context is needed, and if a quote has been cut off
> it's not just a matter of cutting and pasting it back in, but of dickering
> around with quote levels and such to keep it clear who said what . . most
> of the time I've given up bothering, I admit.
>
> I don't know if top-posting with quotes below the sig is unique to the
> Microsoft groups, but I've never seen it anywhere else on Usenet :-)
>
> --
> Nightowl


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