M Harris wrote:
Well, actually, that's part of the method to the madness...
... bottom posting is one of way stating (implying) that the poster has read the stuff at the top. In other words, its a polite way to acknowledging what the other person has said--- you recognize the other person's viewpoint by posting "after" , and hopefully, by posting "within" their context. Actually, bottom posting is the "minimum" etiquette. Relevant contextual posting is the best.... comments interspersed (in context) following the point made by the original poster. Also, as I have done here, trimming is especially helpful. It doesn't make sense to copy the "entire" previous post if you're only going to comment on one sentence. Trim the stuff that doesn't matter, and post "after" the quoted stuff.... true bottom posting. This is easy to do in kmail... just highlight the area you will be commenting about and press the "l" key (for list)... and the To: field will be filled in for the list (automatically) and the text will be autotrimmed ready for you to fill in your comment at the bottom... very cool.
Thanks that feedback was the best I have seen. I use Thunderbird rather than Kmail for some reason or another. But, I think I'll do the trimming in the future as you suggest.
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