[Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 106, Issue 5

Alan Gauld alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Wed Dec 5 23:01:57 CET 2012


On 05/12/12 21:31, Dave Angel wrote:

>> That way I can read up from the bottom and get all the others in one
>> go. I then just delete the rest unread... Thanks to that trick I was
>
> For any email exchange that involves more than two people, you can
> easily lose content that way.  Less common, if someone replies twice to
> the same message, they won't be captured in the default "final mail".

True, but I've found that by the time I get round to reading them the 
number of cases where the missed message is significant is very low, and 
the time it saves is worth the risk! :-)

And it is the only advantage I've found to top posting!

-- 
Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/



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