RE: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-10 Thread
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Richard Fish > Sent: 10 January 2007 03:08 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots > > > The established community standard on this list is bottom posting. I > can't rec

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-10 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch, 10. Januar 2007 08:55 schrieb ext Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D): > I would say that most replies only reply to maybe a few lines of the > preceeding message and so should usually fit on a reasonably sized > window. Then one should delete the irrelevant parts anyway. > Is there perhaps a

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-10 Thread Kent Fredric
On 1/10/07, Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am Mittwoch, 10. Januar 2007 08:55 schrieb ext Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D): > I would say that most replies only reply to maybe a few lines of the > preceeding message and so should usually fit on a reasonably sized > window. Then one should d

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-10 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch, 10. Januar 2007 09:42 schrieb ext Kent Fredric: > > Bye... > > > > Dirk > > -- > > Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 > > Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 > > Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hambornerstraße 55 | W

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:28:00 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Is there perhaps a way to make an email client jump down to the first > > line not preceeded with a > if it makes it easier for some people? Or > > perhaps a project for the KMail/Thunderbird/Evolution devs? :) Claws Mail has this op

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-10 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 10 January 2007 10:42, Kent Fredric wrote: > That said, im in favour of bottom posting, logically it makes more > sence. answers after questions, not before. :) I am for pruning the original mail and posting in context. ;-) Uwe -- A fast and easy generator of fractals for KDE: http://www.Sy

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 03:40, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting': > Most decent mail clients have a far better option, highlight the part of > the message you wish to reply to before hitting Reply and only that tex

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-10 Thread Kent Fredric
On 1/10/07, Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am Mittwoch, 10. Januar 2007 09:42 schrieb ext Kent Fredric: > > Bye... > > > > Dirk > > -- > > Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 > > Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 > > Capgemini Deutschland |

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:15:58 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > Most decent mail clients have a far better option, highlight the part > > of the message you wish to reply to before hitting Reply and only > > that text will be quoted. > > I generally don't use this feature either, because

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-10 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kent Fredric wrote: > I'll put it here to keep you happy, but IMO, if the body of the > message discusses a singular idea, then replying after the signature > should be somewhat imo acceptable. Many mail readers (e.g Thunderbird) put the signature (th

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 10:40 -0300, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kent Fredric wrote: > > I'll put it here to keep you happy, but IMO, if the body of the > > message discusses a singular idea, then replying after the signature > > should be s

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-11 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Iain Buchanan wrote: > evolution automatically deletes everything including and below the > dash-dash-space-newline when you reply. There we go... PS: newline-dash-dash-space-newline, - Without the first newline, any line that contains "-- " would b

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Top/Bottom Posting

2007-01-12 Thread Mikko Ruuska
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 10:40 -0300, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: > > Many mail readers (e.g Thunderbird) put the signature (that means, the > > text after a \r\n--\r\n > > token) in a different, lighter color. > > actually, I think that's supposed to