On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:01 AM, Jeff Grossman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 9:22 PM, Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Diane, >> >> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 8:31 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 8:25 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The best method to reply is to do what I've done here with your >>>> message. I've replied by inserting my text cursor at the point in your >>>> message where I went to insert my reply and then hit enter a couple of >>>> times before typing. My reply is no longer indented with your message so >>>> it clearly appears to be written be me instead of by you. >>> >>> >>> Ken, can this be done without confusion when a lot of back-and-forth >>> replies are done? I don't necessarily mean with several people, as might >>> happen in this group, but when two people are having a lengthy discussion? >>> I'm guessing it can be avoided by picking and choosing the comments to >>> reply to inline. >>> >> >> Yes, it can be done without any confusion as long as all of the >> conversation participants reply as you did above and as I'm doing now. >> Also, try to avoid deleting those "On date at time, someone wrote:" lines >> that are inserted when replying to someone's message as they and the >> vertical lines help to identify the person to whom you and the conversation >> participants preceding you are replying. >> > > Yes, it gets very confusing when in a lengthy conversation different > people post differently (i.e. some top post, some bottom post, and others > reply inline). Trying to follow a conversation like that is very tough. > Is it best for all parties to reply in the same manner. > So I see, Jeff! This string is a good example of everyone's replying in the same manner. I imagine at some point it is time to stop and begin anew if there is still something to say on the same topic. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
