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Re: [LUG] top post or bottom

 

On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:10:06 +0000
James Wonnacott <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello James,

> It is definitely a micro$oft thing. I'm more or less forced to use it
> at work, but I ignore the default cursor position and bottom post
> anyway.

They place the cursor at the top since that's the place you're most
likely to start trimming unwanted text.  Of course, since many people
were too lazy to do that, top posting got invented.   :-(

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