On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 11:41:49AM -0700, Tracy R Reed wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: > >Is it just me, or has someone else noticed the following from the > >clueless: My MUA puts "> " in front of quoted material. Sometimes a CL > >response also has "> " in front of the new material they add. I don't > > > > Yes! In fact I used to have a friend who would write a brand new email > to me and at the top of his email he would manually write in: > > Jim Bob Intarweb user wrot: > > And then put his email to me! Just because he saw all of my emails come > back to him something like that he thought he should send them to me > like that also even when they were the first email in a thread. >
We really need to get this into the public schools. Of course, my kids' teachers are the worst offenders (AND HTML email!). > -- > Tracy R Reed http://ultraviolet.org > A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right > Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text Tempted to snarf every time I see this. Is it original? -- Lan Barnes Linux Guy, SCM Specialist Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Most all good Americans hate the Yankees. It is a value we cherish and pass on to our children like decency, and democracy and the importance of a good breakfast. - Bill Mead -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
