On 1/19/2014 8:45 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:16:40PM +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Allegedly, on or about 18 January 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: >>>> In particular, you should avoid top-posting and posting in HTML. >>> >>> Are you going to facepalm, or am I going to smirk? At the least, I am >>> amused. >>> >> >> >> Not sure I get your point Tim. My reply was not top-posted and used plain >> test. Part of the quoted material may have been in HTML so I guess in all >> rigour I could have made sure to avoid that. Frankly I didn't think of it. > > It's the Gmail trap; even though it seems like plain text, it is not. > You have to explicitly choose plain text (lower right of the compose > window I think). Once you do, then it becomes obvious that it was not > plain text before. > > Hope this helps, > > PS: Your latest response also had an html part. > Gmail calls it RTF. Rich Text Format. It is the Gmail default but it can be disabled. <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/rich_text_format_RTF.html> -- David -- 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
