At 02:07 PM Thursday 4/19/2007, jon louis mann wrote: >And no, no one else is going to eliminate the >>>s >just >because you don't like them; it's a convention that's >been used for years and years, and most of us are >used to it and find it useful and find the lack of >them annoying, to say the least. >--julia > >If the >>>s aren't a standard, they are at least a >widely supported >convention. I don't think I remember using a mail >client that didn't >use them, and it must be five years since I used one >that didn't >colour different levels of quotation differently. > >If people don't quote clearly, quote so much text that >there's no new >content on the screen when I load the email, or >top-post or otherwise >show themselves unwilling to provide me with context, >I tend not to >read their emails. I don't suppose most people >consider that too much >of a loss ;) >Rich > >it's okay to ignore my feeble attempts to achieve >coherence, rich, -) and julia already straightened me >out on the top post rule. i have been making a real >effort to preserve the context. this is a difficult >interface for me and it is very difficult for me to >follow sometimes so i try to excise the relevant >portions. even when i engage in long e-mail exchanges >with just one person it can get confusing. i wonder >why mail client program(?) don't offer alternatives to >more and more >>>>>s, like different font types, or colours.
They do, but doing so also allows nasty little programs to sneak into your computer and erase your data and send your personal information to people who will use it to steal from you, etc. So many lists do what this one does and limit posts to plain text. -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
