On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 13:53 -0400, David Guertin wrote: > Hmm. I'm sorry if I'm beating a dead horse, but I'm still puzzled. As > you can see, Evolution does not do what you describe. (Or is "My > Signature" below not an actual Evolution-added signature? Did you just > type that in?) I haven't noticed it stripping any messages I've replied > to at work, either.
most mailers would. I forgot I added logic to Evolution a while back to look for the last "signature looking thing" and only strip that out. So lets try this.. (might work, might not - signature stripping is broken in 1.5 so I can't really test) -- My Signature > > For that matter, in my pre-Evolution days I don't think Emacs Gnus ever > stripped messages, either. FWIW, M$ Outlook also doesn't. > > Anyway, now that we've got a good long top-posted thread going here, > look how far away from my writing you find my signature. That's what I > find a little awkward. > > Dave > > On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 12:02, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- > David Guertin > Library and Informations Services > Middlebury College > Middlebury, VT 05753 USA _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
