On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Alistair Bell wrote:

> Over the past decade, as more and more users have come to use email, a
> new style of reply emerged where the reply came first and was followed by
> the original message.

Show me someone who does this, and I'll show you a Microsoft Outlook user.
Microsoft Outlook's default settings make it hard to bottom post in plain
text.

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 \__, |\__,_|_|_| "I thought it was another false start in the never-
 |___/             ending, weird hope that within our lifetime, we could
                   actually make a robot that could potentially turn on
                   us humans and kill us.  Mankind will have accomplished
                   something when that day comes."  -- John C. Dvorak