Tony Firshman writes:
> >While were having this little chat let me point out to Tony that I often > >find your replies very hard to find. See the example below. > > > ><lines and lines of "quoted" text> > > > >>Note: In I/E 6: There does not *seem* to be the offer of the - > >> > >>'>' etc as a prefix but a standardisation on ':' > >Interesting - I have _never_ seen ':' until now. <--- Tony's reply > I agree you sent this to me as quoted text, but it is up to _your_ > mailer to add the quoted text mark, not me. > I fail to see what I can do. > I have to send items starting at column one, and looking at the sent > item in my filed mail (I do have the option to view the raw text, it > looks fine. > .... ie exactly what I am seeing on screen. > All I get in TP is quoted text in red. > >> > >>See example below > > > ><more lines and lines of quoted text> > > > >Perhaps, because your email program does "intelligent" things to the text to > >emphasise the thread logic in some way, you may not realise the problem even > >now. Try viewing it in a text-only application to see what I mean; your > >reply gets completely lost in the ambient verbiage! > ... but this is the text received from you, and looks exactly the same > as I see in Turnpike. > >This has been the case > >as long as Ive been on this list, so in the early days, when I believed all > >email clients were the same, I made sure to leave a blank line above and > >below my own inserted responses (I wonder how that comes across on some > >people's screens!) If Im the only person with this "problem" I apologise for > >taking up your time - otherwise, perhaps you might consider adapting your > >style for the benefit of your reading public? > > You are using Outlook Express - the same mailer as Bill's. > > I know I usually get msgs from Outlook with the whole original message > appended to the bottom. > How did you get threaded - did you cut and paste? > Maybe that is defeating Outlook. View my reply in plaintext (if you can find it)! Per > > > -- > QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 > tony@<surname>.demon.co.uk http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk > Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 > TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
