On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 05:56 PM, Donald Keenan wrote: > Just to be sure that I'm getting the obvious meaning of > "quote-before"... > With Mail.app, when I reply to a message, I get a cursor prompt at the > top of the page. If I just followed this prompt, my response would be > the first element in the message, not the quoted material from the > previous message. "Quote-before" implies the text copied from the > previous message, no? So I must be confused abut the language here? > This message is being written as Mail.app automatically prompted me. > Donald
only if you interpret the initial cursor location as a "please type here" prompt. placing the cursor at the top, initially, is probably more of an indication to remember to trim irrelevant lines from your quoting. an easy way to consider this is where does your mail client stick your signature? remember that your signature is meant to be appended to YOUR text, not just appended to the end of your email... that is, if you put your reply above the quoted text, your signature needs to go up top with your text. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
