Hello, john.messeder. On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:39:29 -0500 you said:
> I normally don't answer flames but this deserves a comment, since from That was not a flame. Please show me where I did anything even remotely related to insulting you. All I did was the textual version of shout at you. > your comment I gather you've seen similar from other people. Yes. > When I Reply To a forum message, I often select the pertinent text to > which I am replying, rather than including the entire message. It just So far, so good. > shortens things a little. The trouble with that is, of course, that I > may be selecting a line from a reply to a reply to a reply, in which > case I may have no real idea who posed the initial query to which I am > replying. If you pay attention to the preceding attributions, it should be obvious. If you use a messaging client that properly quotes prior text, you'll also have the obvious clue of nested quote markers. Thunderbird SHOULD be such a client. > Which is exactly what happened in the below-listed instance; I was > replying to the "Is there a device" query, regardless who originally > posed it. > Unfortunately, while my Reply sends the message to the list from when it > came, the emailer lists the quote from whoever was the From person in > the message to which I replied. So does mine. However, that does not break my editing keys. Or prevent me from backing up a few messages to reply to the original rather than a response. -- Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol Peter's Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord, #113. I will make the main entrance to my fortress standard-sized. While elaborate 60-foot high double-doors definitely impress the masses, they are hard to close quickly in an emergency.
