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[Ashton Crusher]

Same here. And since almost no one trims, it means when people bottom post you have to scroll/page down often many times, just to read their three new lines of text. If they did the same non-trimming but top posted it would save everyone tons of time and effort. I think in the long run the net-Nazi's who beat the drums for bottom posting will be a smaller and smaller minority because top posting just makes more sense in this virtual "print" environment.

[Ashton Crusher]

When the net-Nazi's come out demanding everyone bottom post I sometimes throw my 0.02 in to support top posting. But the real truth of the matter is that sometimes top posting is fine and other times the reply is complicated to the point where you have to intersperse your new material with the old material, and for some short messages it's just as easy to bottom post. There really isn't any one single way that works best BUT in the absence of the trimming that was SUPPOSED to accompany bottom posting, most messages are better replied to with top posting if for no other reason then to minimize the page down, page down, page down that long bottom posted threads result in .

[Ashton Crusher]

Do you really think anyone gives a flying f*&k about you and who you do or don't killfile?

[G Henslee]

You seem to...

[William Brown]

I usually top post to avoid scrolling, and so my spell checker won't overheat on the too-common poorly written posting. I bottom posted here because the post flows that way. It becomes difficult to follow when a posting has both top and bottom posters involved.

I don't see trimming, or not trimming, as the exclusive domain of top posters. Many people don't trim, through design or laziness. I almost never trim because I know not all postings reach every server, and some ISPs have lousy retention, so sometimes you see a trimmed response to an apparently nonexistent posting.

[William Brown]

Free Agent, and Agent, the paid version, are excellent programs, but I think you are mistaken in believing they retain the body of the prior postings.

They work by download> If you don;t know why I posted this entry, please go back and read the

[Edwin Pawlowski]

In OE, the spell check will not do a line starting with > so the original post is left intact.

[Dan C]

Get a clue. *ALL* posts flow that way.

So why do you both top-post AND bottom-post? To make things difficult?

So let's summarize: You almost never trim. You top-post. You bottom-post. With all this, you are concerned with making sure the thread is followable? What a friggin joke.

[Luke]

Agent's default is to not spell check quoted lines, either. I dunno but suspect most newsreaders are that way.

[Luke]

[snip bottom quote]

Agent (and I believe Free Agent, but it's been years since I've used it) retains retrieved message bodies. Message bodies can be retrieved en masse for a group or individually per message header. And message bodies can be deleted, en masse or individually. Message bodies take up no memory, only HD space, but Agent's data files can be compacted so HD space use is minimal.

[Ashton Crusher]

Only in the hope you'll kill file me.

bottom post corrected...

[Dan C]

Done.

Dipshit.

[G Henslee]

nah, this is more fun.

[William Brown]

Sorry to have overtaxed your brain. Filter me.

[Mark]

Good advice. *PLONK*

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