Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-12 Thread Jussi Lahtinen
> Even if Gmail is an ideal solution, I'd like a more > "universal" solution that isn't tied to one company's whims and IP. It > does sound like Google has a handle on how things should be done; > perhaps they could lead the charge to revolutionize email. > I agree. But at least google offers thei

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-12 Thread Tobias Boege
On Wed, 11 Mar 2015, Fabien Bodard wrote: > Le 11 mars 2015 08:37, "Rolf-Werner Eilert" a > ??crit : > > If someone introduced a new mail text protocol, this might be done with > > tags similar to html. This would leave the text readable in text-only > > mail clients or for the case something gets

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-11 Thread Fabien Bodard
Le 11 mars 2015 08:37, "Rolf-Werner Eilert" a écrit : > > > > Am 11.03.2015 06:54, schrieb richard terry: > > On 11/03/15 14:37, Kevin Fishburne wrote: > >> On 03/10/2015 07:37 PM, richard terry wrote: > >>> Personally I like top-posting, some lists I"m on use it. I find it > >>> easier to find ou

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-11 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Am 11.03.2015 06:54, schrieb richard terry: > On 11/03/15 14:37, Kevin Fishburne wrote: >> On 03/10/2015 07:37 PM, richard terry wrote: >>> Personally I like top-posting, some lists I"m on use it. I find it >>> easier to find out the last thing said rather than having to scroll down >>> to the bo

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-10 Thread richard terry
On 11/03/15 14:37, Kevin Fishburne wrote: > On 03/10/2015 07:37 PM, richard terry wrote: >> Personally I like top-posting, some lists I"m on use it. I find it >> easier to find out the last thing said rather than having to scroll down >> to the bottom of a long post. If the mail headers are up in t

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-10 Thread Kevin Fishburne
On 03/10/2015 09:30 AM, Jussi Lahtinen wrote: >> There should be parent/child relationships between each message. > > I agree, this is preserved by gmail. > > > >> Quotes should be begin/end pointers referring to the message being quoted, >> not >> duplicating its text. This way the email client co

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-10 Thread Kevin Fishburne
On 03/10/2015 07:37 PM, richard terry wrote: > Personally I like top-posting, some lists I"m on use it. I find it > easier to find out the last thing said rather than having to scroll down > to the bottom of a long post. If the mail headers are up in the top > pain, and the text in the bottom pain

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-10 Thread Tobias Boege
On Wed, 11 Mar 2015, richard terry wrote: > Personally I like top-posting, some lists I"m on use it. I find it > easier to find out the last thing said rather than having to scroll down > to the bottom of a long post. If the mail headers are up in the top > pain, and the text in the bottom pain

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-10 Thread richard terry
Personally I like top-posting, some lists I"m on use it. I find it easier to find out the last thing said rather than having to scroll down to the bottom of a long post. If the mail headers are up in the top pain, and the text in the bottom pain its easy to just scroll down the mail without hav

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-10 Thread Jussi Lahtinen
> There should be parent/child relationships between each message. I agree, this is preserved by gmail. > Quotes should be begin/end pointers referring to the message being quoted, > not > duplicating its text. This way the email client could display message > threads however it (or the end us

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting (was: Red no entry sign on Debug)

2015-03-10 Thread Jussi Lahtinen
Yes, I do that also. Shift + Ctrl + End and then just Delete. Takes less than second, so it's not big deal. Jussi On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Fabien Bodard wrote: > Well ... often i remove the ancian message and just take part of it > quoted to answer more clearer. > > gmail is cool by h

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-10 Thread Lewis Balentine
>> Email's still in the frakking DARPANET ages. << I tend to agree with you. However getting the entire world's electronic population to change would a daunting challenge. Perhaps if one was very dedicated, aggressive with unlimited resources it could be accomplished after a suitable period of

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting (was: Red no entry sign on Debug)

2015-03-10 Thread Fabien Bodard
Well ... often i remove the ancian message and just take part of it quoted to answer more clearer. gmail is cool by hidding the ancian common lines, but it make huge mail message in fact . i would prefer it to not copy the old message. and give me the choice of adding part of this one. 2015-03-09

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting

2015-03-09 Thread Kevin Fishburne
On 03/09/2015 06:53 PM, Jussi Lahtinen wrote: >> here a signature from an ancient gambas-user from Ron_1st >> >> -- >> A: Delete the text you reply on. >> Q: What to do to get my post on top? >> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >> Q: Why is top-posting

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting (was: Red no entry sign on Debug)

2015-03-09 Thread Jussi Lahtinen
> > here a signature from an ancient gambas-user from Ron_1st > > -- > A: Delete the text you reply on. > Q: What to do to get my post on top? > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting (was: Red no entry sign on Debug)

2015-03-09 Thread Charlie Reinl
Am Montag, den 09.03.2015, 21:24 +0200 schrieb Jussi Lahtinen: > > This is only mailing list where I have heard this is some kind of issue. > > When using gmail (or any similar interface) I don't see any difference. > > > > PS. I'm currently singed in six mailing lists. Most of them working on > g

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting (was: Red no entry sign on Debug)

2015-03-09 Thread Fabien Bodard
Well generally I'm posting from my phone or from Gmail. And these mail client are setting for top posting by default. So as generally I have few time to answer on my truck, I forgot to take care at my message position. It's with spelling fault my bad side since 13 year now on my Gambas corresponde

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting (was: Red no entry sign on Debug)

2015-03-09 Thread Jussi Lahtinen
> This is only mailing list where I have heard this is some kind of issue. > When using gmail (or any similar interface) I don't see any difference. > PS. I'm currently singed in six mailing lists. Most of them working on google groups. Jussi -

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting (was: Red no entry sign on Debug)

2015-03-09 Thread Jussi Lahtinen
> I prefer bottom posting and lots of people here do it. Are there any > mailing > lists -- which are a medium with focus on discussion -- in which top > posting > is done consciously? > This is only mailing list where I have heard this is some kind of issue. When using gmail (or any similar inter

Re: [Gambas-user] Top posting (was: Red no entry sign on Debug)

2015-03-09 Thread Tobias Boege
On Mon, 09 Mar 2015, John Rose wrote: > PS I've top posted this time as you are top posting. Tobi requested me > on another query not to do bottom posting. Is top or bottom posting > preferred for this mailing list? I prefer bottom posting and lots of people here do it. Are there any mailing lists