Quote at top, reply at bottom

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Quote at top, reply at bottom

I'm probably slightly blind but how can I get Mail to stop inserting an empty line before the reply and put the insertion point there. I don't like top posting and would like to have the quoted text at the top and then my reply below it ... there has to be an option somewhere but I can't find it

various, Mac OS X (10.5.3)

Posted on Jun 10, 2008 6:19 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 10, 2008 6:05 PM in response to Vittra

There is no option for this in Mac Mail. I'm not sure what the etiquette is on this. You do have to remember that email is not a bulletin board or forums. In my mind, if I am replying to an email, and quoting text, the original sending of that text has already read it (since they were the producer of that content).

Of all the mail I receive, I would guess that over 95% of quoted text are below the new content.

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Answer 2

orangekay

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Jun 10, 2008 7:58 PM in response to Vittra

There is no option for it and you are certainly not alone in hating the way Mail handles quotes:

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

A hacky workaround using AppleScript:

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/nontop_postingscripts

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