Here's a real-world example. Here I am top-posting away... if my signature is immediately after my text but before the text I'm replying to, then when you go to reply to my message, your mailer will strip everything starting at my signature. Thus your reply will not contain any of the past drama of the thread.
-- My Signature On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 11:49 -0400, David Guertin wrote: > On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 11:09, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > > In Evolution, when I top-post to a thread, the signature gets put at the > > > very bottom, after potentially several pages of other people's writing. > > > In Outlook, the signature gets put immediately after my text. I think > > > this is what Jeremy was referring to, as it's been an annoyance for me > > > when I use Evolution for work. > > > > uhm, but then when someone replies to his message, the mailer would > > strip his signature and everything afetr it, completely wiping out any > > previous conversation. This is a Bad Thing (tm). > > I'm not following. The mailer doesn't need to strip anything. The .sig > is left right in place, like this top-posting example: > > ------ example 1 -------- > > This is a second reply. > > Moe > > Moe's signature > > > This is the first reply. > > > Curly > > > Curly's signature > > >> This is the original message. > > >> Larry > > >> Larry's signature > > ------ end example 1 -------- > > The way Evolution currently does it is: > > ------ example 2 -------- > > This is a second reply. > > Moe > > > This is the first reply. > > > Curly > > >> This is the original message. > > >> Larry > > >> Larry's signature > > > Curly's signature > > Moe's signature > ------ end example 2 -------- > > If I'm replying to a long thread, no one will see my signature unless > they scroll all the way down to the bottom, which they naturally won't. > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Novell, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.novell.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
