Quoting (was Re: Why?)

[Kenneth Brody]

George Simon wrote:
> 
> In the office (now) I'm using Outlook with Word as the email editor.  At
> home I'm using Outlook Express.
> Nowhere in the options do I see a way NOT to top post.

It's called "the down arrow".  ;-)

> The quoting below, although different from that of Outlook Express, still
> seems OK to me.

"Seems OK" how?  There's not a single marker character on any line to
indicate quoted material.  It looks exactly like the text you typed
above.

Your text looks like this:  (I am purposely not adding quoting here,
to demonstrate exactly how the text appears.)

==========
In the office (now) I'm using Outlook with Word as the email editor.  At
home I'm using Outlook Express.
Nowhere in the options do I see a way NOT to top post.
==========

The text you quoted from me looks like this:

==========
Now, if you can inline post (as you did with the one that didn't use
any quote markers) using the program that properly quotes, we'll be
off and running.
==========

There is zero difference in how the text is portrayed.

> I tried to change a setting the said "Prefix Original
> Message" but after a selected that option, it told me that Word did not
> support it and changed it back to just indenting original message.

Why are you using a word processor to write e-mail?

> To be honest, I much prefer the top posting.  Especially when there is a lot
> of quoting.  You don't have to scroll down to the new text past what you've
> already read.

It's called "the delete key".  (See also "trim".)

How could I possibly have top-posted this reply?  I am responding to
numerous distinct sections of your e-mail.  Should I have done something
like this?

    In response to paragraph 1, you should...

    In response to paragraph 3, I think...

    And getting back to the 2nd paragraph of your earlier message
    (the one dated xxxxx), I agree with Bob's statement (which is
    in the 4th paragraph in the previous quoted section).

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