----- Original Message ----- | From: "Suvayu Ali" <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> | To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Sent: Saturday, 18 January, 2014 15:26:16 | Subject: Re: email failure | | Hi Richard, | | On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 10:17:06AM -0800, Richard Vickery wrote: | > | > The problem with bottom-posting on this server is that when I send, | > it | > is hard for some, perhaps everyone, to know where the quoted | > message | > stops and my contribution begins. If you go to the bottom of this | > email you will see that your contribution is not "quoted" as such, | > and | > - especially if the same font were used - you can't really tell | > without paying really close attention to the "--" where the | > exchange | > starts. | | Two comments: | 1. I think you missed the instruction I was pointing to in my earlier | response[1]; I'm quoting it below. | | Specify whether to prefix each line with > of | for the previous | email messages that are forwarded or replied to, if you chose to | quote original text. | | If you use the above, level of quotes are easily distinguishable. | 2. The signature string is "-- ": that is two dashes, followed by a | single space. Without the single space, the special meaning is | lost. | | Hope this helps, | | | Footnotes: | | [1] | <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2014-January/445649.html> | | | -- | Suvayu | | Open source is the future. It sets us free. | -- | I think you were correct, Suvayu, though it took some searching around the program. Richard -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
