On 2023-03-07 04:50, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote (in part):
For whatever reason, Microsoft's Outlook or possibly earlier Microsoft mail client products dragged in a convention of quoting the whole thread (even though those early clients did not in fact have the thread concept) and putting new text on top.
Indeed. When I was forced to use Outlook (or LookOut! as some wrote) and needed to answer in parts, I copied the entire content into a real editor first. (This caused problems with people who used multiple fonts.)
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I think this would point to my preference at least. Cue my 2011 rant about same, enjoy: https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2011/02/problem-isnt-email-its-microsoft.html All the best, Peter
