You're right about bottom posting being the long-standing Usenet convention;
however, top posting has gained popularity in many areas due to the fact that
many people don't know how to edit earlier parts of the thread so that the
thread doesn't get to be five miles long (or they don't have the time).
Also, top posting is much easier to deal with when reading messages on a
mobile device with a small screen and funky formatting -- just look at the
top and the quote below it and you're done.

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"Notan" wrote:

wrote:
Dear Outlook 2003 experts,

Outlook 2003 does not handle placements of signatures and quotes well,
in my opinion. No problem for new email messages. However, for
replies and forwards the placement is not what I want and there seems
to be no easy solution.

What I want on reply/forward is:

1) Start my reply above the quote, and
2) Place my signature below the quote (eg: bottom of message)

Other email programs like Thunderbird do this easily.

I would appreciate any tips or pointers on how to accomplish this.

Thank you all in advance...

Or you could just bottom-quote, as this is the suggested Usenet method.

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Notan