On 19-05-14 17:10, Dave Cross wrote: > 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 There are 2 lines of M$ mail clients, Mail that became Outlook express and then Mail again and Outlook (the exchange enabled client). -- DeHostingFirma.nl -- Dominic