And it came to pass that Pratik wrote:
> Christopher Jahn wrote:
>> And it came to pass that Pratik wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote:
>>>
>>>>Pratik wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>There have been enough posts about signatures and where
>>>>>they should be, at top or at bottom. I don't want to
>>>>>start off another thread about that. But recently I
>>>>>noticed something while forwarding an HTML mail. The
>>>>>forwarded message showed up (in compose) as
>>>>>
>>>>><mail header>
>>>>>my signature
>>>>><html message>
>>>>>
>>>>>Isn't this plain wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>>- Pratik.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>No its proper when you fwd a message to see this because
>>>>the fwded message is attached to the bottom of your fwd.
>>>>
>>>>Unless you choose Fwd Inline (at least you can do that in
>>>>netscape communicator) in which case your message is
>>>>superimposed within the fwded message.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>I did do Fwd Inline and let me clarify what I see
>>>
>>><fwded message header (html formatting of From, To fields
>>>etc)> my
>>>signature <the actual html mail>
>>>
>>>So you're saying this is correct result? What do you mean
>>>by "superimposed within the forwarded message"?
>>>
>>>- Pratik.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> What SHOULD happen when you FORWARD/attachment a message is
>> this:
>>
>> [header]
>> [your message.]
>> .sig
>> [FWD;attachment]
>>
>> When you FORWARD/inline:
>>
>> [header]
>> [message]
>> [FWD;attachment]
>> .sig
>>
>>
>> So it sounds to me like you're forwarding as an attachment
>> even thoug you've selected it to be inline.
>>
>
> Yes. Thats exactly my point. I can underastand teh behaviour
> in forwarding as attachment. Also note that when I forward
> as attachment the mail that I am forwarding won't be shown
> in the compose window, it'll be there in the attachment box
> somewhere.
>
> Now I've been experimenting and I'm getting odd behaviours.
> For one, this behaviour so far seems only reproducible in
> the daily mails I get from redherring.com. I had other html
> mails and when I forwarded them, my sig came at the bottom.
> I'm going to forward the redherring post so that you can see
> exactly what I am seeing.
>
Hmm, I don't use Mozilla for mail, but if you snd it to the
netscape address I'll open it N6.1
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}:-) Christopher Jahn
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