Subject: Please TOP post replies
Date: 2014-01-21 22:11:05
From: Linda N

(This will be cross posted to other Yahoo groups. Sorry for the duplication.)

When replying to an email message from Yahoo groups, please write your own text ABOVE the quoted material, rather than below or interspersed. It is still advisable to edit the quoted material (i.e. delete most of it) . If you cannot see the quoted material from previous message(s), click on the ellipsis (...) at the bottom of your message and the quoted material will show and be editable. This is true with messages on the website, and also with most email interfaces.

The reason that bottom or interspersed posting does not work is that since the "Neo Upgrade" over the past few months, quoted material AND anything after it will often (perhaps not always) be deleted in the version of the message that shows up on the group website. If you see one of these blank messages, the missing text is actually buried in the "view source info". * And a preview of the first part of the message is visible in the message list, but when you try to open the message you see a blank space. This is important for folks who access the group online rather than via email, and for those who may want to access the message archives in the future.

So please TOP POST your replies. Thanks!

Linda N, co-moderator

* You also may be able to see the missing text in a "blank message" on the website by clicking on "reply" (you don't need to send it) and then clicking on the ellipsis (...) . I understand that this ellipsis option may not show up for a couple of days, though.