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Everyone did, in 1997. It was the default for all mail readers I’ve seen except Outlook (Express).
by Jolter 6y ago
Everyone did, in 1997. It was the default for all mail readers I’ve seen except Outlook (Express).
- dredmorbius 6y agoThere were different standards, And I don't believe Microsoft Mail or Outlook Express defaulted to this at the time -- Outlook certainly changed practice and dated from late '97 / early '98 ("Office 97" refers to the nominal release year). But other platforms/ communities differed, with Lotus Notes (big in some corporate accounts) being an especially notable case with its own butt-ugly quote/reply convention. In the Unix world, Usenet, and among derived / affiliated tools (Eudora Mail, Netscape Mail, others), yes, bottom-posting dominated.