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Old June 26th 06, 04:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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Default Why isn't OL2007 e-mail more like Google Mail?

And which is why I seldom respond to bottom posted messages - it is a waste
of my time so I don't bother.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, CJSnet asked:

| "Brian Tillman" wrote in message
| ...
|| CJSnet wrote:
||
||| The best feature of all would be for MS to simply add a detector to
||| replace all the quoted text below the latest e-mail, with a little
||| drop-down button like Google's "- Show quoted text -" option. This
||| is a Godsend.
||
|| That feature is for lazy people who don't understand the value of
|| cut-and-paste, like to top-post and never trim the previous messages
|| from their reply. It's a cosmetic coat of paint hiding a structural
|| behavior problem.
|
| Doesn't mean it isn't extremely useful and that MS shouldn't include
| it. Especially seeing as top-posting is a largely Microsoft-supported
| habit (that's why my cursor appears in 2 blank lines ABOVE every
| e-mail and newsgroup message I reply to in OL/OE).


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