Re: Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

On Thu, 2018-05-17 at 10:32 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Wed, 2018-03-21 at 12:02 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > > > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 22:20 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > > > > > With the move to mailman3, the list footer

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2018-03-21 at 12:02 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 22:20 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: With the move to mailman3, the list footer cannot be set via the web-based admin interface. I dug into the

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines

On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 20:29:27 -0700 Dave Stevens wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 17:07:01 -0700 > Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 03/20/2018 07:49 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > > > > > > yes, in my client I highlight a point as I've done here then hit > > > reply

Top-posting & list guidelines (was Re: alternative to skype)

On Sun, 2018-03-25 at 14:17 +, chicago wrote: > Don't quote the entire email. In fact, don't quote anything at all when you > reply. On k-9 mail there's a little x button (in the default config) that I > can click to get rid of all the quotes text. No, *do* quote the part you are

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines

On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 17:07:01 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 03/20/2018 07:49 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:29:29 -0400 > > Todd Zullinger wrote: > > > >>> If there's something you're replying to in particular, > >>> maybe quote that one

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines

On 03/21/2018 11:47 AM, chicago wrote: yes, in my client I highlight a point as I've done here then hit reply and get no cruft and just the point I want to discuss. Claws mail. (if it's good enough for Richard Stallman it's good enough for me!) Same in Evolution. In fact even the Gmail web

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines

On 03/20/2018 07:49 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:29:29 -0400 Todd Zullinger wrote: If there's something you're replying to in particular, maybe quote that one line but there's no need to quote the entire thread so far in every email in the thread. yes, in

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines

Il giorno gio 22 mar 2018 alle 0:47, Richard England <"pdx.limey"@gmail.com> ha scritto: On 03/21/2018 02:02 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Same in Evolution. In fact even the Gmail web client used to do this when properly configured, but Google seem to have broken it now. Same in

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines

On 21 March 2018 at 23:49, Richard Shaw wrote: > On 03/21/2018 02:02 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>> Same in Evolution. In fact even the Gmail web client used to do this >>> when properly configured, but Google seem to have broken it now. >> >> > It's a bit of a pain

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines

> > On 03/21/2018 02:02 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> Same in Evolution. In fact even the Gmail web client used to do this >> when properly configured, but Google seem to have broken it now. > > It's a bit of a pain in gmail but I've gotten used to it. After clicking reply I use Ctl-A which

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines

On 03/21/2018 02:02 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Same in Evolution. In fact even the Gmail web client used to do this when properly configured, but Google seem to have broken it now. Same in Thunberbird. ___ users mailing list --

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:49:26 -0700 Dave Stevens wrote: > yes, in my client I highlight a point as I've done here then hit reply > and get no cruft and just the point I want to discuss. Claws mail. (if > it's good enough for Richard Stallman it's good enough for me!) Wow -

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines

On 03/21/2018 11:47 AM, chicago wrote: >> yes, in my client I highlight a point as I've done here then hit >> reply >>> and get no cruft and just the point I want to discuss. Claws mail. >> (if >>> it's good enough for Richard Stallman it's good enough for me!) >> >> Same in Evolution. In fact

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

> yes, in my client I highlight a point as I've done here then hit >reply >> and get no cruft and just the point I want to discuss. Claws mail. >(if >> it's good enough for Richard Stallman it's good enough for me!) > >Same in Evolution. In fact even the Gmail web client used to do this >when

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

On Wed, 2018-03-21 at 12:02 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 22:20 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > > > With the move to mailman3, the list footer cannot be set via > > > the web-based admin interface. I dug into the mailman3 > > > documentation

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 22:20 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: >> With the move to mailman3, the list footer cannot be set via >> the web-based admin interface. I dug into the mailman3 >> documentation and filed an infrastructure ticket to see >> about adding guidelines

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 22:20 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > Top-posting is specifically discouraged by the Guidelines > > of this and other lists hosted by Fedora, not to mention > > many other mailing lists of a technical nature. Please > > read: > > > >

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 19:49 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote: > On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:29:29 -0400 > Todd Zullinger wrote: > > > > If there's something you're replying to in particular, > > > maybe quote that one line but there's no need to quote the > > > entire thread so far in every

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:29:29 -0400 Todd Zullinger wrote: > > If there's something you're replying to in particular, > > maybe quote that one line but there's no need to quote the > > entire thread so far in every email in the thread. yes, in my client I highlight a point as

Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

chicago wrote: > I think both top posting and bottom posting are asinine. > The correct answer is to delete the quoted text and reply. > > If there's something you're replying to in particular, > maybe quote that one line but there's no need to quote the > entire thread so far in every email in

Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Top-posting is specifically discouraged by the Guidelines > of this and other lists hosted by Fedora, not to mention > many other mailing lists of a technical nature. Please > read: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines#Proper_posting_style This