It makes it easier to know what part of the original message a
response is in reply to.
As a general rule you should reply in-line, quoting only the specific
parts of a message your response is in reference to.
Matthew
Eric Johnson writes:
> --- Original Message ---
> On Tuesday, March
--- Original Message ---
On Tuesday, March 7th, 2023 at 03:50, Peter N. M. Hansteen
wrote:
> For whatever reason, Microsoft's Outlook or possibly earlier Microsoft mail
> client products dragged in a convention of quoting the whole thread (even
> though
> those early clients did not in
On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 23:47:54 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
"Daniele B." wrote:
> I'd like to state that unfortunately sometimes it is simply
> that we forget to deselect/delete the whole quoted text from the bottom and
> this
> why almost in my case both the selected quoted text and the full
> text appear -
On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 09:36:10 + (UTC)
Johannes Thyssen Tishman wrote:
> When I reply to an email I do so above the senders message, however I
> see many people in the mailing lists replying below it. Is this the
> preferred way or just preference? Thanks.
It comes down to this, if you're
On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 11:58:14AM +0100, Christer Solskogen wrote:
Someone way smarter than me said this:
Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
Top-posting.
What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
You sure? ...
Quoting
I'd like to state that unfortunately sometimes it is simply
that we forget to deselect/delete the whole quoted text from the bottom and this
why almost in my case both the selected quoted text and the full
text appear - depending on the client.
Talking about email clients I want to spread the
On 2023-03-07 04:50, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote (in part):
For whatever reason, Microsoft's Outlook or possibly earlier Microsoft mail
client products dragged in a convention of quoting the whole thread (even though
those early clients did not in fact have the thread concept) and putting new
On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 10:50:44AM +0100, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 09:36:10AM +, Johannes Thyssen Tishman wrote:
> >
> > When I reply to an email I do so above the senders message, however I see
> > many people in the mailing lists replying below it. Is this the
nt: 07 March 2023 05:39
To: Johannes Thyssen Tishman
Cc: misc@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: Mail Etiquette: Reply above or below
Attention : courriel externe | external email
On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 09:36:10AM +, Johannes Thyssen Tishman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I reply to an email I do so ab
Johannes Thyssen Tishman writes:
> Hi,
Hello,
> When I reply to an email I do so above the senders message, however I
> see many people in the mailing lists replying below it. Is this the
> preferred way or just preference? Thanks.
Yes, there are "top-posting", "bottom posting" and "inline
On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 10:37 AM Johannes Thyssen Tishman
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When I reply to an email I do so above the senders message, however I see
> many people in the mailing lists replying below it. Is this the preferred way
> or just preference? Thanks.
>
Someone way smarter than me said
On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 09:36:10AM +, Johannes Thyssen Tishman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I reply to an email I do so above the senders message, however I
> see many people in the mailing lists replying below it. Is this the
> preferred way or just preference? Thanks.
>
> Kind regards,
>
2023-03-07T09:52:48Z 宋文武 :
> Johannes Thyssen Tishman writes:
>
>> Hi,
>
> Hello,
>
>> When I reply to an email I do so above the senders message, however I
>> see many people in the mailing lists replying below it. Is this the
>> preferred way or just preference? Thanks.
>
> Yes, there are
On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 09:36:10AM +, Johannes Thyssen Tishman wrote:
>
> When I reply to an email I do so above the senders message, however I see
> many people in the mailing lists replying below it. Is this the preferred way
> or just preference? Thanks.
The traditional style is to
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