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Correct! Most senders will have false e-mail addresses anyway.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Paul wrote:
OK lets see if this makes it. I had to click on Reply to Group, not
reply to sender....

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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Like all advice he is free to accept or reject it.
You can lead a horse to water .....
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Oh, you just had to go opening that can of worms again!


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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As you are now posting regularly to the forum, you may find it more
convenient to access the NNTP server directly. The following link
explains how to do that for Outlook Express -
http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm Not only is it infinitely faster
than the web portals but the posts
and your replies are stored locally. Give it a whirl and see what
you think. --

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



grammatim wrote:
Contrariwise, I have to scroll to the top to read the new
comments; google groups takes one to the bottom of the message,
and this is the only one of the five newsgroups I read that uses
top-posting. On Feb 18, 9:13 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"

wrote:
Because the issue of top vs. bottom posting can provoke heated
discussion, I started to post something yesterday and then
thought better of it. But I also prefer top-posting for the
reasons Graham mentioned. Yes, it is illogical and does make
reading more difficult for people who come to the thread late,
but for those who are following it actively, it is far more
efficient. Not only do I hate to scroll to the bottom of a long
thread only
to read "Thanks!" but occasionally I scroll to the bottom and
don't seem to find any new content; this illusion is caused by
the fact that the poster added his message within the area of
quoted material (blank lines) set off by characters, making it
appear to be part of the previous message.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Paul" wrote in message

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I hate not being able to edit your posts..... I meant the
reverse of what I just posted. I can happily top-post if that's
acceptable...I just figured that bottom-posting was
netiquette...ok over and out.