Re: citation line above or below body?

[Reiner Steib]

On Wed, Jan 19 2011, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:

> When I reply to messages and cite the original, point ends up below the
> citation line. This leads to weird threads, where my text ends up right
> below the "so-and-so wrote:" line, and other people's mail programs
> don't seem to do it that way. 

That is the fault that leads to stupid top-posting.

> [...] but my question is: why is it like this,

It is like this, because after replying you start on top, delete the
parts you don't refer to (e.g. with `C-c C-e' ->
`message-elide-region'), and add your text after the parts you refer
to.

> and will I be breaking anything if I "fix" it?

Bye, Reiner.
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