todd_dsm

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The whole point is that an email should read like a court transcript. Some knucklehead(s) (probably Microsoft) gave users the option, then convenience crept in.

Who wants to scroll all the way to the bottom? Turns out nobody; I don't want to.

Now, emails read like a transcript - but in reverse.

Google, as we all know, is very standards-compliant, tribe. They have imposed a default 'bottom post' style in Gmail. I can't remember, or find the RFC that describes it, but I don't remember ever having seen a rule in an RFC either. The fact that they do this implies someone originally had an intent though.

Should it matter as long as the message was communicated?