--- On Fri, 9/30/11, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> Norbert Thiebaud <[email protected]> wrote: > > Choosing to use inadequate tools is no excuse to be > bad mannered. > > > > The interesting thing is that there may be people who don't > know they are using the wrong tools. If someone has not > participated in a list like this before, then they the mail > client on their desktop may not be configured suitably for > participating in this list. They may need to change the > configuration, or even change their application. > Unfortunately you can't always choose: I've been using my Yahoo! account practically since I use the Internet: on the latest update you can't break the incoming message so you have to top post and on an iPad you can't even include the previous message. Pedro. > Does anyone know a list of what mail apps are known to work > well and > which ones poorly, and which ones require config changes? > > For example, Lotus Notes (which I have by default on my > desktop) does > not collapse quoted sections, so using it for following the > list was a > nightmare. Gmail is much better in that regard and is > what I use now. > > Any recommendations (ideally for each platform) for what > works well? > And what should be avoided? > > -Rob > > > > >> > >> "bad" may be "unpleasant for you" > > > > Not just merely 'unpleasant' > > > > A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to > right. > > Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted > text? > > > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people > normally read text. > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > > > A: The lost context. > > Q: What makes top-posted replies harder to read > than bottom-posted? > > > > A: Yes. > > Q: Should I trim down the quoted part of an email > to which I'm replying? > > > > Norbert > > >
