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In theory I agree with bottom posting, it is the more logical way to do it, the structure of the dialogue is maintained and any sense easier to understand. The only problem is people out there in the "real" world, as opposed to Lugers, usually top post. I have tried bottom posting to "real" people out there in real world land maybe 5 or 6 times. A couple of responses asking me to resend as I had not sent the one with my reply, one suggesting that I remember to try and write something and one apologising for the fact that they weren't good with computers and had managed to trash my e-mail. I'd like to mail back (at the top) and tell whoever it is that they have the cognitive ability of a brick and the visual acuity of a myopic mole, but this is only possible when dealing with immediate family. So I have to mail back explaining (at the top) that my reply is at the bottom of the e-mail. That some people think this is the correct manner of response and have a heavy strop if one does differently. The e-mailee is either slightly bemused or suggests that the world is full of sad and deluded people. Bottom IS better. But what can one do when faced with with a world that doesn't realise this! Is there a polite way of dealing with this problem which saves one from a lengthy correspondence about top versus bottom posting? Simon -- simon.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html