On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 5:44 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > I don't necessarily agree with that. Sometimes having the history helps with the conversation. If you start a new topic/thread then you will lose the history from the other one. Jeff -- 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.
