Apple mail quote below not above

Hi,
I used to have it set up so when I replied to an email - the previous quoted text was ABOVE my signature - not it is set opposite - how do I set my signature BELOW the quoted text?

Ok. Thanks.
I archived maximum email from my account and left around 300 messages in my Inbox + Sent Items.
Then I Rebuilt the account. I saw in the lower left corner the Mail Activity status where it started downloading the messages.
In parallel I had the Activity Monitor open to check the CPU usage. It was around 30%.
It took around 5 to 10 mins to download those 300 messages. But on my mail app only some of the messages were completely downloaded while rest only showed the header and no body. I left it that way.
The Mail Activity is done with its job. The status bar is gone. But the Activity Monitor still shows Mail app at similar CPU utilization levels (around 30%).
The issue is that my Mail App does not show any additional messages downloading with their bodies. Its almost like it is stuck at message number X.
While the CPU is still showing 30% utilization by mail, I have switched the UI to NOT show any conversations. This way every  message is visible in the list. I have put the mac on Caffeine for next 5 hours so that it does not sleep.
Will update the thread tomorrow.
Thanks for your help.

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