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Hi Daniel,
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 05:17:04PM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> I don't know about mutt, but there's a flag in alpine to color quoted
> text. It might be possible to get your screen reader to use different
> voices for different colors
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, William Hubbs wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 07:39:29PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > That's an interesting point, and the first real justification for
> > top-posting I've seen. Although I would have thought it should be
> > possible to have your mailer hide quotes and th
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, thomas blomme wrote:
> Is there a way in gmail to put top-posting off?
I think Gmail (and alpine) pretty much do the right thing (except for
sticking in some blank lines at the beginning). It's best to put the
cursor at the top so that you can trim what you're quoting down
Am Dienstag, 28. April 2009 22:45:53 schrieb Dale:
> I was also hoping you could see the humor in my reply as well.
Well, I did :)
Bye...
Dirk
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On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:02:30 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> > That's an interesting point, and the first real justification for
> > top-posting I've seen. Although I would have thought it should be
> > possible to have your mailer hide quotes and the reader then skip
> > them.
>
> Well, I use
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Hi Neal and all,
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 07:39:29PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> That's an interesting point, and the first real justification for
> top-posting I've seen. Although I would have thought it should be
> possible to have your mailer hide
Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 28. April 2009 21:45:34 schrieb Dale:
>
>
>> I always put the pointer where I want my cursor to be and then click.
>> Works every time for me.
>>
>
> Now that you mention it - yes, works fine for me to ;) Worth a FAQ entry.
>
> *SCNR*
>
> Bye...
>
>
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:51:14 +0200, Marc Meyer wrote:
> > Although I would have thought it should be
> > possible to have your mailer hide quotes and the reader then skip
> > them.
> Whats the point of quoting then?
Sothe recipient has the conversation in context, yet individual users
with speci
On Dienstag 28 April 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 April 2009 21:47:29 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > On Dienstag 28 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote:
> > > Also as
> > > Ward pointed out, there is a feature where it will quote only what you
> > > have highlighted -- a great feature tha
On Tuesday 28 April 2009 21:47:29 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Dienstag 28 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote:
> > Also as
> > Ward pointed out, there is a feature where it will quote only what you
> > have highlighted -- a great feature that I miss from my old OS/2 email
> > client.
>
> kmail does
Am Dienstag, 28. April 2009 21:45:34 schrieb Dale:
> I always put the pointer where I want my cursor to be and then click.
> Works every time for me.
Now that you mention it - yes, works fine for me to ;) Worth a FAQ entry.
*SCNR*
Bye...
Dirk
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Better Gmail has an option to bottom post, also, Folder4Gmail (because
I also use gmail as imap, and looks better).
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Daniel de Oliveira
Network and System Analyst
Security Specialist
IBM RISC Specialist
IBM Storage Specialist
Linux/Unix
On Dienstag 28 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote:
> Also as
> Ward pointed out, there is a feature where it will quote only what you
> have highlighted -- a great feature that I miss from my old OS/2 email
> client.
kmail does that - I use kmail for all my 6 email accounts - including google
mail.
thomas blomme wrote:
> 2009/4/28 Paul Hartman :
>
>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:26 PM, thomas blomme
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is there a way in gmail to put top-posting off?
>>>
>> Gmail does proper quoting, it just puts the cursor in the wrong place
>> by default (but the place most us
2009/4/28 Paul Hartman :
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:26 PM, thomas blomme wrote:
>> 2009/4/28 Dale :
>>> Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:39:29 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
>
>> As a blind computer user, somet
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:26 PM, thomas blomme wrote:
> 2009/4/28 Dale :
>> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:39:29 Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>>
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> As a blind computer user, sometimes it is more convenient to top
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 21:26, thomas blomme wrote:
> Is there a way in gmail to put top-posting off?
Not that i know of. But there is a "Quote selected text" feature in labs.
Ward
2009/4/28 Dale :
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:39:29 Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
>>>
As a blind computer user, sometimes it is more convenient to top post,
because I don't know of a way to make my screen read
Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:39:29 Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
>>
>>> As a blind computer user, sometimes it is more convenient to top post,
>>> because I don't know of a way to make my screen reading software skip
On Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:39:29 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> > As a blind computer user, sometimes it is more convenient to top post,
> > because I don't know of a way to make my screen reading software skip
> > over all of the quoted material.
On Dienstag 28 April 2009, Marc Meyer wrote:
> Neil Bothwick schrieb:
> > On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> >
> >
> > Although I would have thought it should be
> > possible to have your mailer hide quotes and the reader then skip them.
>
> Whats the point of quoting then?
Neil Bothwick schrieb:
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
Although I would have thought it should be
possible to have your mailer hide quotes and the reader then skip them.
Whats the point of quoting then?
M.
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> As a blind computer user, sometimes it is more convenient to top post,
> because I don't know of a way to make my screen reading software skip
> over all of the quoted material. I find it more convenient sometimes to
> hear the newest mat
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All,
I don't normally get involved in these threads, but I want to point out
another reason for top posting.
As a blind computer user, sometimes it is more convenient to top post,
because I don't know of a way to make my screen reading software skip
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:51:41 +0100
AllenJB wrote:
> The problem is that there's no consensus. I top post because I think
> it's much more sensible. Others think otherwise. I live with it.
>
> It's the people who refuse to live with differences of opinion that
> are the real problem.
>
> AllenJ
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