"Paul D.Smith" wrote in message
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Kay,

I've not intentionally done any top/bottom posting :-(.

Yes you did - this answer of yours is 'top posted" :~(

I simply read a
message using OE 6.0 and then hit "reply" if I want to respond to the post.

For my own education, please define "top" and "bottom" posting.

Right - you'll wish you hadn't asked........:
http://mailformat.dan.info/quoting/bottom-posting.html

rest snipped for clarity

Jenny