Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Jeroen van Aart
Andrew Porter wrote: > -- is an official standard. Well... sarcasm I assume. ;-) I don't think even smtp is an official standard. Just something most people seem to abide to (luckily). To a certain extent (not so luckily). You're free to totally break it. But it won't make you loved. Jeroen

Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Andrew Porter
Hill, Brett wrote: >> No one was saying that everyone used it, or even SHOULD use it (I wish > they would, but thats irrelevant) > An official standard would be nice. I just don't forsee it anytime > soon. -- is an official standard. --

Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Hill, Brett
> Whats the problem? My pffft was with "Your Signature should alway start with "-- "", not with "Why can't email clients at least strip signatures in the quoted content automatically" > No one was saying that everyone used it, or even SHOULD use it (I wish they would, but thats irrelevant) An of

Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Charles Marcus
On 12/7/2007, Hill, Brett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > My point is (even if it is a netiquette), How many people do you know > in the "business world" (that have email) that start their > signatures with "-- "? (even less for people that stay at home on > their computers) Whats the problem? The qu

Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Hill, Brett
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Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Charles Marcus
On 12/7/2007, Hill, Brett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> Your Signature should alway start with "-- " > Says who? google is your friend... http://email.about.com/cs/netiquettetips/qt/et030601.htm is just one example... -- Best regards, Charles --

Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Charles Marcus
n 12/7/2007, Andrew Porter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Why can't email clients at least strip signatures in the quoted > content automatically ?!!?!?! Thunderbird does, as long as the industrt standard (right) delimiter (-- , aka, dash-dash-space on a single line) is used to separate the sig f

Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Hill, Brett
Says who? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matti Haack Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 9:01 AM To: Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy Subject: Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies Your Signature

Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Matti Haack
> Why can't email clients at least strip signatures in the quoted content > automatically ?!!?!?! Maybe because most users didn't seperate their signature the right way. Your Signature should alway start with "-- " Matti > --

Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Fritz Borgstedt
>Outlookers, as I call them I think, you are right to call them names )).The only reason for such behaviour was Outlook which did it by default. Period. Now you can read amazing explanations of something which cannot be reasonable explained. Really amazing explanations ))). fritz

Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Andrew Porter
Fritz Borgstedt wrote: >> Outlookers, as I call them > > I think, you are right to call them names )).The only reason for such > behaviour was Outlook which did it by default. Period. > Now you can read amazing explanations of something which cannot be > reasonable explained. Really amazing expla

Re: [Assp-user] OT Bottom posting context replies

2007-12-07 Thread Charles Marcus
On 12/6/2007, Andrew Macpherson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I fear that we differ massively --- I get extremely irritated by > bottom content --- I want to see what new has been said. Interleaved > is excellent, bottom posted simply makes one scroll through and past > crud one has already read.