[MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Jacques
By default MailMate positions replies below the body of text. Almost all other email clients I've used positions above. So in a thread of conversation, the replies keep going bottom (me) and above (others). Is there a particular reasoning in this? Is there a way to change this? (I don't see

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Rob McBroom
On 26 Nov 2013, at 12:50, Jacques wrote: By default MailMate positions replies below the body of text. Almost all other email clients I've used positions above. So in a thread of conversation, the replies keep going bottom (me) and above (others). Is there a particular reasoning in this?

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Jacques
On 26 Nov 2013, at 12:13, Rob McBroom wrote: On 26 Nov 2013, at 12:50, Jacques wrote: By default MailMate positions replies below the body of text. Almost all other email clients I've used positions above. So in a thread of conversation, the replies keep going bottom (me) and above (others)

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Bill Cole
On 26 Nov 2013, at 12:50, Jacques wrote: By default MailMate positions replies below the body of text. Almost all other email clients I've used positions above. That is a relatively recent style in mail clients called "top-posting" which many people find annoying for a wide range of reasons.

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Jeff Holland
Jacques (26.11.2013) : Interesting that in the Preferences of MM, this change doesn't portray itself in a new Reply. I think the setting you are looking for is Signatures > "Default signature/caret placement", which I believe defaults to "Bottom". This will control the caret placement even i

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Rob McBroom
On 26 Nov 2013, at 15:03, Jeff Holland wrote: I agree that a mixture of top-posted and bottom-posted replies quickly becomes confusing. Is a thread where every reply is consistently top-posted any less difficult to follow? :-) -- Rob McBroom http://www.skurfer.com/ _

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Jeff Holland
Rob McBroom (26.11.2013) : Is a thread where every reply is consistently top-posted any less difficult to follow? :-) It hurts my brain about as much, now that you mention it. ___ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com http://lists.freron.co

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Fabian Bolte
On 26 Nov 2013, at 20:57, Bill Cole wrote: >> Is there a way to change this? (I don't see it mentioned in preferences, >> maybe I'm missing it?) > > I know of no way for MM to change the default insertion point and I'm glad > for that. It is a matter of one click to wherever you want the inser

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Fabian Bolte
On 26 Nov 2013, at 20:13, Rob McBroom wrote: >> Is there a way to change this? > > > It’s under the Signatures section. YAY! Should have read all mails before responding. ___ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com http://lists.freron.com/listin

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Benny Kjær Nielsen
On 26 Nov 2013, at 18:50, Jacques wrote: By default MailMate positions replies below the body of text. Almost all other email clients I've used positions above. So in a thread of conversation, the replies keep going bottom (me) and above (others). Is there a particular reasoning in this?

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Bill Cole
On 26 Nov 2013, at 15:52, Fabian Bolte wrote: On 26 Nov 2013, at 20:57, Bill Cole wrote: Is there a way to change this? (I don't see it mentioned in preferences, maybe I'm missing it?) I know of no way for MM to change the default insertion point and I'm glad for that. It is a matter of one

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-26 Thread Jason Davies
On 26 Nov 2013, at 20:06, Rob McBroom wrote: I agree that a mixture of top-posted and bottom-posted replies quickly becomes confusing. Is a thread where every reply is consistently top-posted any less difficult to follow? :-) FWIW, my experience is that editing the relevant bits and replyi

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-27 Thread Jeff Holland
Jason Davies (27.11.2013) : so that each message becomes an entire archive of the discussion You raise all good points, I think, but this part probably bothers me more than top-posting does. And yes, it's mostly a lost cause because people do whatever they do. [a phrase which sounds reall

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-27 Thread Rob McBroom
On 26 Nov 2013, at 18:39, Jason Davies wrote: Unfortunately, it seems to work for most people, thus top-posting displaced bottom-posting [a phrase which sounds really, really bad in UK English]. [“Interleaved” or “in-line”][1] is a more accurate description of what we’re really talking about

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-27 Thread Jason Davies
On 27 Nov 2013, at 13:31, Rob McBroom wrote: “Interleaved” or “in-line” is a more accurate description of what we’re really talking about. Better? :-) yes, except that anyone who knows what that means doesn't need it explained to them;) ___ mailmat