Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Top- > posting (as hated in Linux/Unix circles as it is) is good for short > replies that don't lead to a long extended discussion. But bottom- > posting is awful: it has all the disadvantages of top-posting, with > none of the advantages. The whole point of quoting is to provide a frame of reference for the reply. The most effective way to do that is in a conversational quote precedes reply. The primary issue is selective VS mass/pointless quoting. In many cases, quoting a single relevant block of text from the parent post is plenty. It's too bad email clients don't work like some forums where you can highlight/quote/reply to a selected block of text. ...I have no idea of the specifics, but there are some email clients where that option is/can be automatically enabled when message text is highlighted prior to hitting reply, e.g. Thunderbird, Claws, OSX/iOS Mail. It was briefly a Gmail feature, then a Labs option, now?. I'd love to hear of others, I couldn't find any webmail clients with this option (surprising considering javascript/bookmarklets). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
