Hello, Bob Proulx a écrit : > Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: >> Industrial standard I think is, top quoting and styled email. > > Not on technical mailing lists! The standard is conversational > quoting.
Thanks, I missed such an expression to describe proper quoting. Top posting sucks. Bottom posting sucks even more : it's the same as top posting, except that you must scroll down to read the reply. >> This is the way my Thunderbird is set. Mail list requirements are >> the reverse as I well know. Therefore, I have to adjust Thunderbird >> to these requirements. I did not have to adjust anything but plain text. Proper quoting (i.e. NOT bottom posting) does not require any adjustment. > What version of Thunderbird are you using? It is true that old > versions had some issues. But if it is a recent version it should > "just work". Old versions just did not have the "reply to list" command. However you could use "reply to all" and edit the recipient list. It's not such a hassle unless you post heavily to mailing lists. >> The material above my reply is blue. > > Blue? You mean as in html email? Colors will be lost entirely when > reading the mail as plain text. Some mail/news readers such as Thunderbird can apply different color and format to quoted text. This makes reading much easier. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/520e160c.4010...@plouf.fr.eu.org