On 19 May 2014 15:47, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > Dave Cross wrote: >> On 19 May 2014 13:06, mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >> >>> Wrong. It was M$ Lookout, er, Outlook, that introduced top posting by >>> default. >> >> I'm pretty sure that Microsoft email applications were top-posting >> long before Outlook arrived :-) >> > I don't think so. They only got email that was widely used in the early > nineties, I think - things like Lotus Notes and such were there first, but > took over *sigh* then. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook> says that there was an > "Exchange client", but then shows Outlook going back to Outlook for DOS > and Win 3.1. I'm thinking specifically of Microsoft Mail[1], which I remember using in 1991. I don't remember seeing Outlook until the mid 90s. Dave... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Mail -- Dave Cross :: dave at dave.org.uk http://dave.org.uk/ @davorg