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    posting oddities (was: <dcx is cool!> —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Gotta remember to check the format box every time, I guess, I didn't want FTX for that post. While I have your ear, what's up with putting my text at the bottom? I know Steve B asked about it, but you can see that in this case, I clearly (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
   
        Re: posting oddities (was: <dcx is cool!> Todd Lehman
   (...) Unless there were a way to default it or make it more obvious...less surprises. (...) In 7486? You wanted to top-post 28 lines of new content atop 3 lines of original content? Not sure which article you're referring to. (...) There are ways (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
   
        Re: posting oddities (was: <dcx is cool!> —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) How does it work now? Based on what the previous post was set to? That usually makes sense I guess, I just got bit by it. (...) in 7487... ((URL) the new content there is "in the below example..." so it belongs on top. That's where I put it. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
   
        Re: posting oddities (was: <dcx is cool!> Todd Lehman
   (...) Yah. (...) By adding something at the bottom that doesn't look like a sig (i.e., something that doesn't begin with "-- "). Would you prefer a button-clickie or something to override it and say, "Yes, thank you, I know what I'm doing and I (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
   
        top-posting (was: posting oddities) Todd Lehman
   (...) I'll do you even one better than that. Instead of moving your text to the bottom automatically and telling you that it has done this, it now simply tells you that you're going against netiquette by top-posting and it *suggests* that you move (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
   
        Re: top-posting (was: posting oddities) —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Spiffatronic. Were I ever to have made a mistake by leaving such text topside, I would of course click it to restore karmic balance... but I don't make misteaks, so I'm not seeing that as a problem for me. :-) (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
 

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