Hi,

On some newsgroups - maybe even here, when you reply to a post, many prefer
that you "bottom" post. How do I set that up (meaning the signature and my
comments come at the bottom of the original post) for newsgroups but not for
e-mail?

--
From the sea to the sky and back to the sea they go, Jeffrey

Cayce, South Carolina, USA
(33.94°N, 81.07°W); 207 ft

http://www.midlandstech.edu/jlh/

"The only thing that separates South Carolina from hell is a screen door."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"If ye love wealth better than liberty ... servitude better than ...
freedom,
go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms ... May your
chains set lightly upon you. May posterity forget that ye were our
countrymen."
- Samuel Adams
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

See OE-QuoteFix:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"JLH" wrote in message
. ..
Hi,

On some newsgroups - maybe even here, when you reply to a post, many
prefer that you "bottom" post. How do I set that up (meaning the signature
and my comments come at the bottom of the original post) for newsgroups
but not for e-mail?

--
From the sea to the sky and back to the sea they go, Jeffrey

Cayce, South Carolina, USA
(33.94°N, 81.07°W); 207 ft

http://www.midlandstech.edu/jlh/

"The only thing that separates South Carolina from hell is a screen door."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"If ye love wealth better than liberty ... servitude better than ...
freedom,
go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms ... May
your
chains set lightly upon you. May posterity forget that ye were our
countrymen."
- Samuel Adams
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Quit Outlook Express.
2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. To add your reply to the end of the newsgroup message, follow these
steps:a. Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{big, long number for you
IDENTITY}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0
b. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. (If the
Reply At End does not appear in the right hand pane)
c. Type Reply At End, and then press ENTER.
d. Right-click Reply At End, and then click Modify.
e. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.




"JLH" wrote in message
. ..
Hi,

On some newsgroups - maybe even here, when you reply to a post, many
prefer that you "bottom" post. How do I set that up (meaning the signature
and my comments come at the bottom of the original post) for newsgroups
but not for e-mail?

--

From the sea to the sky and back to the sea they go, Jeffrey

Cayce, South Carolina, USA
(33.94°N, 81.07°W); 207 ft

http://www.midlandstech.edu/jlh/

"The only thing that separates South Carolina from hell is a screen door."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"If ye love wealth better than liberty ... servitude better than ...
freedom,
go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms ... May
your
chains set lightly upon you. May posterity forget that ye were our
countrymen."
- Samuel Adams
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jim Pickering wrote:
1. Quit Outlook Express.
2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. To add your reply to the end of the newsgroup message, follow these
steps:a. Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{big, long number for you
IDENTITY}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0
b. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. (If the
Reply At End does not appear in the right hand pane)
c. Type Reply At End, and then press ENTER.
d. Right-click Reply At End, and then click Modify.
e. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.

"JLH" wrote in message
. ..
Hi,

On some newsgroups - maybe even here, when you reply to a post, many
prefer that you "bottom" post. How do I set that up (meaning the
signature
and my comments come at the bottom of the original post) for newsgroups
but not for e-mail?

--

From the sea to the sky and back to the sea they go, Jeffrey

Cayce, South Carolina, USA
(33.94°N, 81.07°W); 207 ft

http://www.midlandstech.edu/jlh/

"The only thing that separates South Carolina from hell is a screen
door."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"If ye love wealth better than liberty ... servitude better than ...
freedom,
go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms ... May
your
chains set lightly upon you. May posterity forget that ye were our
countrymen."
- Samuel Adams
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Thanks very much, I think I got it.

--
From the sea to the sky and back to the sea they go, Jeffrey

Cayce, South Carolina, USA
(33.94°N, 81.07°W); 207 ft

http://www.midlandstech.edu/jlh/

"The only thing that separates South Carolina from hell is a screen door."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"If ye love wealth better than liberty
... servitude better than freedom,
... go home from us in peace.
We ask not your counsel or your arms.
May your chains set lightly upon you.
May posterity forget
... that ye were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I want to take this opportunity to put in a strong vote *not* to bottom post! If everyone
would edit down the preceding 2,000 words of conversation, it might be a good idea. But
they don't. Even JLH, who is a great and thoughtful guy. Consequently one has to scroll
through reams of repeated drivel to read the new contribution.

rs


"JLH" wrote in message
...
: Jim Pickering wrote:
: 1. Quit Outlook Express.
: 2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
: 3. To add your reply to the end of the newsgroup message, follow these
: steps:a. Locate and then click the following registry key:
: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{big, long number for you
: IDENTITY}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0
: b. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. (If the
: Reply At End does not appear in the right hand pane)
: c. Type Reply At End, and then press ENTER.
: d. Right-click Reply At End, and then click Modify.
: e. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
:
: "JLH" wrote in message
: . ..
: Hi,
:
: On some newsgroups - maybe even here, when you reply to a post, many
: prefer that you "bottom" post. How do I set that up (meaning the
: signature
: and my comments come at the bottom of the original post) for newsgroups
: but not for e-mail?
:
: --
:
: From the sea to the sky and back to the sea they go, Jeffrey
:
: Cayce, South Carolina, USA
: (33.94°N, 81.07°W); 207 ft
:
: http://www.midlandstech.edu/jlh/
:
: "The only thing that separates South Carolina from hell is a screen
: door."
:
:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: "If ye love wealth better than liberty ... servitude better than ...
: freedom,
: go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms ... May
: your
: chains set lightly upon you. May posterity forget that ye were our
: countrymen."
: - Samuel Adams
:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:
:
: Thanks very much, I think I got it.
:
: --
: From the sea to the sky and back to the sea they go, Jeffrey
:
: Cayce, South Carolina, USA
: (33.94°N, 81.07°W); 207 ft
:
: http://www.midlandstech.edu/jlh/
:
: "The only thing that separates South Carolina from hell is a screen door."
:
: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: "If ye love wealth better than liberty
: ... servitude better than freedom,
: ... go home from us in peace.
: We ask not your counsel or your arms.
: May your chains set lightly upon you.
: May posterity forget
: ... that ye were our countrymen."
: - Samuel Adams
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:
:
:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:02:06 -0400, tcebob wrote:

I want to take this opportunity to put in a strong vote *not*
to bottom post! If everyone would edit down the preceding 2,000
words of conversation, it might be a good idea. But they don't.
Even JLH, who is a great and thoughtful guy. Consequently one
has to scroll through reams of repeated drivel to read the new
contribution.

Even top posters fail to trim quotes properly. As for bottom posting,
scanning through a post is a tap of the space bar, for me. The problem
is, NNTP posts are not one-on-one messages, and people who follow a
score, or more, of threads, or whose NNTP server lacks retention, or
whose reader is configured for short time to purge, they can wind up
coming into a thread with no context, or worse, with top posting.

Actually, best to follow the convention of the group.

Top posting works for business correspondence in email. Bottom posting
was developed for posting results, and discussions of results, in R&D.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

scanning through a post is a tap of the space bar, for me.

Whoa. Just tried it. One screen at a time, just like clicking on the little arrow. After
you get to the end of the post you drop down to the next post.

I was encouraged to test out other keystrokes: END and HOME go to bottom and top;
SHIFT-SPACE goes up one page and, if you hang on to the SHIFT, reverts to going down.

Any other good moves?

rs

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:11:01 -0400, tcebob wrote:

scanning through a post is a tap of the space bar, for me.

Whoa. Just tried it. One screen at a time, just like clicking on the little arrow. After
you get to the end of the post you drop down to the next post.

I was encouraged to test out other keystrokes: END and HOME go to bottom and top;
SHIFT-SPACE goes up one page and, if you hang on to the SHIFT, reverts to going down.

Any other good moves?

I don't know about MSOE because I use 40tude Dialog for news. In Dialog,
'H' will toggle the full header display, 'P' will bring up the compose
window for a new post, and 'F' will bring up a compose window to "Follow
up" to an existing post.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

"tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message
...

scanning through a post is a tap of the space bar, for me.

provided people aren't top posting without trimming. w
Then you need to have ways to skip all the old stuff.



Whoa. Just tried it. One screen at a time, just like clicking on the little arrow. After
you get to the end of the post you drop down to the next post.

I was encouraged to test out other keystrokes: END and HOME go to bottom and top;
SHIFT-SPACE goes up one page and, if you hang on to the SHIFT, reverts to going down.


That means that you have focus in the Preview pane.
(Pressing End with focus in the Preview pane is one of the "ways
to skip all the old stuff".) However, you don't need to have focus
in the Preview pane to use the Spacebar to scroll the Preview pane.
Just be aware of where focus is; otherwise you will find yourself pressing
those other scroll keys and finding them acting on the message list
instead of on the Preview pane of the message you were reading.



Any other good moves?


One that I use a lot is Shift-F3 Space, Alt-s
That means I can then use F3 instead of Ctrl- for advancing
to the next post regardless of whether the Message list or the
Preview pane has focus. Also significant, it gives both hands
something to do while reading threads.

BTW I consider it a usability defect that there are no toolbar buttons
equivalent to Next and Previous, as there are in the Message window.
F3 (for space in message) is only a workaround for that missing
functionality and only provides half of it.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

Well, I appreciate the advice anyway. But perhaps in the future you could mention that you
are referring to a different program. Since this is an OE forum I sort of assumed you were
referring to OE.

rs