Well, thankfully, there is more than one way to quote and what you're
prescribing for the rest of the universe isn't necessariy the best way.
I like quoted material at the bottom of the message unless quotes need to be
intersperced with new text. Why? Because then I can read the message using
kmail's preview pane without having to scroll down to find the new text.
Most MUAs can sort on Subject or References, so it's not difficult to orient
yourself when someone adds to a thread. You don't reread quoted material in
every message, do you? So why force your reader to hunt for what you're
adding to the thread?
The original writer has already apologized graciously for posting HTML mail.
Why not just accept that people have different ways of quoting?
Cheers.
M.
On Saturday 19 May 2001 05:35, Jens Benecke wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 03:16:12AM -0700, BillH wrote:
> > Thank you.
> >
> > I was not aware of the fact that O.E. was sending out all my mail in
> > HTML format, nor that there was a way to make it stop doing that,
>
> Hi,
>
> and while we're at it, it would be a good thing to stopp full quoting as
> well.
>
> Please quote only the parts that you directly refer to. And then, quote
> them _above_ your reply. Why? Because that's how you read the text, from
> top to bottom. Most people hate having to jump to the end of a mail to know
> what you are talking about, before I can read your reply.
>
> Quotes are also indented with "> " so that mail software can color them
> differently (or use a different font). That makes it much easier to
> distinguish between what was your text and what wasn't.
>
>
> I will never understand why Outlook introduced this crappy full-quoting
>
> mechanism:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Viktor Lakics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 1:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] win4lin window is too small
>
> (Sigh.)
>
>
> Nothing personal. Sorry about my rant.
>
> I wish someone would translate http://learn.to/quote ...
--
Michael O'Henly
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