On May 20, 2013, at 6:23 PM, Ming Liu wrote:
Am I still top-posting and using formats now?
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On May 20, 2013, at 02:40 AM, Ming Liu <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Dear Ben,
> I have received such kind of information about bottom/top posting before, however, I do not really understand how can I do bottom-posting instead of top-posting using Gmail...Sorry about this. Could you please offer a guide?
> Kind regards,
> Ming Lin
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> I just ran Gmail, and have no problem scrolling down to the bottom of the email and typing a response there.
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> The way to enable bottom posting is to use the reply button to the upper right of the displayed email. This will also allow you to set for format to "plain text" (look for the link in the format bar above the editing field). Then scroll down to the end and enter your reply there.
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> Also, please *always* reply-all.
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> You'll get responses from more people if you (1) bottom post, (2) reply-all and (3) use plain-text.
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> Ben
Yes. You are still top-posting. From gmail, you'll need to scroll down below the prior comments before typing.
Be sure to click on the left pointing "reply" button (see below). Otherwise, you will not be able to scroll down below the prior comments.
Ben