Ian wrote: > OK my bit now. First most computer mail clients set the cursor at the top of > the reply. Second Robert what about the tail end of mail like this: > > -- > -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ > .. http://robertwittig.net/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > You see all this is what makes the sending of mail to list a reason for not > doing so. >
You joined this list presumably because you wanted to learn about Linux from Linux users. Part of the Linux experience is the operating itself. another part of the Linux experience... indeed, the entire *nix experience writ large, for those of us also running BSD OS's and other UNIX variants... is the concept of a 'community of users', which is composed of a core of user/developers, and outer shells of users of varying degrees of expertise, ranging from extremely experienced users, to total newbies. The developers and extremely experienced users take the place of the documentation that OS's like Windows and Mac provide. In the *nix communities, you actually have the opportunity to ask the people who wrote the code, and developed the protocols... but you have to understand, these people are sorta-kinda busy earning a living doing this, so it is the polite thing to do, to read the FAQ when you join a community list, to see what information they have prepared for the listmembers, explaining the basics, and outlining list Netiquette. You will find the LINUX_Newbies FAQ, Netiquette section, at: http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/linfaq.html#netiquette You might also want to read the general email netiquette FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html It's Ok with me if you want to ignore the list FAQ, and the generally accepted rules of one-to-many email communications. Eventually, though, you will start asking yourself the question stated in the FAQ: "Q:Nobody is answering my questions. What's wrong with this list?" ...located at: ttp://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/linfaq.html#Nobody Just so you know... most MUA's are configurable, and the cursor in a reply can be set in more than one place. I see that you are running: X-Mailer: IncrediMail (5202479) ...which is a Windows-only MUA, apparently with all sorts of eye candy, and probably rife with all sorts of exploitable scripting holes in it, for the skript-kiddies to practice on. It may very well not have a way to customise where the cursor sits in the 'reply' form... I don't know. What I do know, is that at present, if you migrate to Linux, or any other *nix OS, you will not be able to run it. You might want to check out Thunderbird. To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
