>It seems that there is a lot of irregularity with the way that people respond to messages. Some respond before the attached (previous message) text, and some add their message at the bottom. This makes it very difficult to follow a long thread. If everyone can agree, I would like to request that we come to a consensus about the right and wrong way to respond to a message. This way when logging on for the first time in the morning and catching up with a thread that happened in ones absence, it will be easy to read the entire thing from top to bottom. (I guess this is my vote for adding messages to the _bottom_). I find my self counting > signs to find out which message came first, and scrolling up to the top and back down to the bottom to follow a thread. Any input anyone?

To anyone who has contributed in this thread, here will be my official response.

First of all, it is true that this was discussed several times. It is also true that not everyone share the same opinion. In most countries, we read from top to bottom and this is what most people are doing here by putting their replies at the bottom. However, we can't force a rule for that as some prefer to put the reply on top. The main focus, as it is written in the rules of conduct, is to only keep the necessary parts of the message you are replying to. So, by only keep the necessary parts of the previous messages, this will make it easier for the reading even if the reply is on top or the bottom. It is also applicable that some part of the replies are inserted in more than one spot where applicable.

I won't add a rule of conduct for that. This is up to us to make the best of the way we are replying.

EOT