On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 08:41 -0700, timzak wrote: > > > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 21:29 -0700, timzak wrote: > >> In case my explanation was not thorough, here is a typical top post > >> reply. > >> I placed a "*" where Evolution places the cursor in such emails. It > >> would > >> be preferable if the cursor was placed on the line above. Otherwise, > >> one > >> must go through the motions described above for each email one replies > >> to. > > > > Evo doesn't have a setting for top-posting. What you describe is the > > default layout. A year or two ago I objected that this encouraged > > top-posting (which I detest on mailing lists but don't mind elsewhere). > > It was explained to me that the idea is to encourage people to *edit* > > the quoted text instead of just lumping it all into the reply. > > > > poc > > I'm not in front of my computer with Evo on it at the moment, but there is a > setting somewhere in Evo with a checkbox that says something to the effect: > "Place replies below quoted text". In effect, if you UNcheck this box, > aren't you telling Evolution that you wish to top-post?
That setting was introduced in response to my objection. However it's not checked by default, and as I said according to the developers the unchecked position is not meant to indicate top-posting but to encourage you to edit the quoted material. You can see the exchange at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=535791 and also http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2008-May/msg00206.html I do have that setting checked, though :-) poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
