not sure what you mean? what is a mail client? Ronn! Blankenship wrote: ( i thinK?-) That is a generic term for the program you use to compose and read e-mail, e.g., Lookout! Express, Eudora, etc.
You're being asked to leave in the >>>>s so everyone else can figure out what's being quoted. It confuses the hell out of everyone else if you don't either leave in the >s or do that. So please do one or the other or someone will lash out rather non-constructively in frustration one of these days. no one else is going to eliminate the >>>s just because you don't like them; it's a convention that's been used for years and years, most of us are used to it and find it useful and find the lack of them annoying, to say the least. (sic) --Julia And then someone else will make a snarky remark on the topic . . . :P (And someone else will probably make a snarky response to that snarky remark, and on and on . . . ) However, when it gets to being something like >>>>>>>>>>>> at the beginning of every line, it would help to pare those down and replace them with labels such as Julia recommends above. Or even better, unless it is absolutely necessary¹ to understanding what you are saying, snip the old stuff entirely and save bandwidth as well as frustration for the reader. _____ ¹I admit that in some cases different people may have different opinions of how much of the old stuff is "absolutely necessary" to the understanding of what they are adding to the discussion. In most cases, though, quoting and re-quoting and re-re-...quoting multiple lengthy paragraphs in order to make a one-line reply is unlikely to be needed very often. ;) -- Ronn! :) Yes, but it's a really lazy-ass way to do it, and I'll admit to some lazy-assed-ness at times. --? Also, another good idea is to trim the message to the essential part. This message, for example, could just have the last 2 quoted lines :-) Alberto Monteiro thank you ronn and alberto, i'm not sure who else said what. i think just julia. i think snarky mean slightly sarcastic, or perhaps sardonic (midway between sarcastic and ironic?-). i have been trying to preserve the continuity by excising portions and by using cut and paste. it is a lot of work but i am trying to make it easier to read, not harder. id nothing else i learned not to top post any more. --jlm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
