Subject: ??putting reply after original text

From: Jeff Russo <[email-masked]>
Date: 14 Aug 1996 03:02:53 GMT

when I reply to a message, Pine always places the text of my 
reply before the original document's text. I would like the text 
of the original document to be first...how can I do this?
Jeff Russo
[email-masked]

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 09:06:48 +0100 (BST)

Try being brave enough to use the Setup (S) command at Pine's Main Menu,
followed by Configuration (C).

This takes you to a wonderful screen where you can configure lots of
options which control Pine's behaviour.  Have a look through them -- they
all have contaxt-sensitive help (just put your cursor on them and type a
"?").  Look at "signature-at-bottom" in particular.

By the way, the reasoning behind Pine's default behaviour is that your
reply is (hopefully) the important content of the message you are about to
send, not the previous text (which is for memory-jogging/context only).
Thus by putting the text of your reply at the beginning it is immediately
accessible by the recipient, saving them from having to wade through reams
of old text to get to your response.

Cheers,

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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