- Original Message -
> From: "Barry Warsaw"
> On Mar 20, 2015, at 08:19 AM, Andrew Stuart wrote:
> >When I reply to a message on a mailing list, what is the “right” way
> >to do it?
> >Should I be deleting previous thread text from my response?
> >Should I be adding anything in?
>
> Of c
- Original Message -
> From: "Lindsay Haisley"
> In many mail user agents, when you press the "Reply" button the program
> will analyze the headers, determine that the post being replied to came
> from a list and offer a "Reply to List" option in addition to a simple
> reply, which genera
On Sun, 2015-03-22 at 14:08 +1100, Peter Shute wrote:
> > On 22 Mar 2015, at 1:28 pm, Larry Kuenning wrote:
> >
> > It seems to me correct editing of quotation sequences requires human
> > thought, not just mechanical text manipulation. Even though some people
> > expect their computers to thi
> On 22 Mar 2015, at 1:28 pm, Larry Kuenning wrote:
>
> It seems to me correct editing of quotation sequences requires human
> thought, not just mechanical text manipulation. Even though some people
> expect their computers to think for them.
I'd be happier if more clients at least allowed th
On 3/21/2015 8:52 PM, William Bagwell wrote:
On Saturday 21 March 2015, Al Black wrote:
Although the ideal solution is obviously users changing their behaviour
and or MUAs, I've wondered whether an "auto-trim" function within mailman
would make sense (for digest users...)
Yes! For every one, n
On Saturday 21 March 2015, Al Black wrote:
> Although the ideal solution is obviously users changing their behaviour
> and or MUAs, I've wondered whether an "auto-trim" function within mailman
> would make sense (for digest users...)
Yes! For every one, not just digest users. And it should defau
On 2015-03-20, at 9:39 PM, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote:
> Barry Warsaw wrote:
>> I've always found it proper and useful to include the quoted material
>> of the original message, but trim the quotes to just the bit you are
>> responding to. I'd call this interleaved-with-trimming.
>>
>> Top posti
On Fri, 2015-03-20 at 22:39 -0500, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote:
> I think users who prefer top-posting are mostly giving into their MUA's
> defaults. I don't think most users face MUA inability to edit quoted
> material. I find the users are also unwilling to put more time into
> editing, so they
Barry Warsaw wrote:
I've always found it proper and useful to include the quoted material
of the original message, but trim the quotes to just the bit you are
responding to. I'd call this interleaved-with-trimming.
Top posting has always been a serious breach of netiquette.
I concur and I stil
On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 13:39:00 +0900
"Stephen J. Turnbull" wrote:
Hello Stephen,
>Usenet over UUCP via 300 baud modems on backbone servers with 5MB
>disks.[1]
Same went for FTNs, etc.
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On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:52:19 -0400
Tanstaafl wrote:
Hello Tanstaafl,
>On 3/19/2015 6:47 PM, Lindsay Haisley wrote:
>> In many mail user agents, when you press the "Reply" button the
>> program will analyze the headers, determine that the post being
>> replied to came from a list and offer a "Re
On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 13:35:52 +0900
"Stephen J. Turnbull" wrote:
Hello Stephen,
>Does this actually work? In practice, I get the feeling that a large
>minority at least unsets "nodupes". XEmacs lists default to nodupes,
I always turn NoDupes off. The reason being that I *want* the list
copy,
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