On Oct 6, 2011, at 8:35 PM, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote:
> You are a gmail user, I surmise. So are others. Gmail collapses cited text,
> so you don't trim it. Those of us using other mail user agents then have to
> wade through *pages* of cited text to find your replies, which generally only
> apply to the last paragraph or two of the cited text.
>
> I'll try to avoid over citing. I'll request you avoid being quite so obscure.
When was I obscure? Did I stutter?
> Any googlers among you, please write a letter, or something. Gmail is
> training everyone to overcite massively.
>
> While doing extra work for back level mail agents
What does "back level" mean? Gmail is not the last word in MUAs, and anyway,
the Postel's Law blowback it creates by collapsing cited text without
auto-trimming is predictable, and a bug.
> may not appeal, quoting just the relevant text (usually) makes the arguments
> clearer no matter the agent.
Yes indeed. Thanks,
/be
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