Posted by Howard on 11/16/17 11:36

NRen2k5 wrote:
>
> Giles wrote:

<snippage>

>
> > This may be why you got a strong response. It looked like you were
> > deliberately imposing your fancies on the way the conversation took
> > place, despite knowing otherwise. If you genuinely weren't aware of the
> > plain text standard and conventions on top posting, fair enough. We'll
> > blame the producers of 'newsreaders' that place the insertion point
> > automatically at the top of the reply <cough>Microsoft</cough>
> > <cough>Thunderbird</cough>.
>
> Actually, afaik Thunderbird defaults to bottom.
>
> Over the course of this whole argument I've fiddled with my settings so
> that things are the "proper usenet way" by default.
>

Dear NRen

Indeed you have and I for one appreciate that.

BTW, for some reason your use of HTML on a.r.s has been much more
restrained. Still, be that as it may - it's always a pleasant
surprise to bump into someone known from another part of the vast
Usenet archipelago.

regards

Howard
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