on behalf of
Steve Smith
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2019 10:24 PM
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Subject: Re: Style (was: Newbie SMP/E questions)
Random thoughts...
The fundamental issue is that email isn't the best way to handle online
group conversations. Many better solutions have been of
On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 22:06:43 -0500, Gord Tomlin wrote:
>
>In Thunderbird, look in your account settings. Under composition and
>addressing, you will find what you want.
>
Ah! Account specific because I might want different behaviors for my work
account and my personal account.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2019
Random thoughts...
The fundamental issue is that email isn't the best way to handle online
group conversations. Many better solutions have been offered, from NNTP,
Notes, Stack Exchange, Slash Dot, and Lord knows how many others. SX is
extremely protective of their software, and for whatever rea
On 2019-02-04 21:39, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
I thought I recalled a MUA where Preferences gave the option of positioning
the text input cursor at either top of bottom when replying. Today I see that
in neither Mac Mail.app nor Thunderbird.
In Thunderbird, look in your account settings. Under com
On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 21:12:15 -0500, Phil Smith III wrote:
>
>>Indeed. Some prohibit editing quoted text, deeming it a form of forgery.
>>That leads to a pernicious accumulation of footers and a secular bloat of
>>text.
>
>... For corporate
>communications, top-posting isn't a bad thing: folks get
Paul Gilmartin wrote, re reply styles:
>Indeed. Some prohibit editing quoted text, deeming it a form of forgery.
>That leads to a pernicious accumulation of footers and a secular bloat of text.
Sigh. Not that this isn't an ancient and unlikely-to-be-resolved issue, but I'm
of the strong
On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 21:17:26 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>> What ever became of the venerable practice of interleaving replies close to
>> the paragraphs to which they refer
>
>B0rken e-mail software that makes difficult to DTRT, and, in some cases,
>management that actually directs doing the wro
mu.edu/~smetz3
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Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 11:52 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Style (was: Newbie SMP/E questions)
On Tue,
BB5> My best friend and I developed a protocol when our long, long debates
started going electronic back in the '80s. (He abandoned his Catholic
upbringing just about the time I was baptized in the Holy Spirit, so we've
been merrily arguing over it ever since.) The initials and numbers are
slight
On 2019-01-29, at 10:09:25, Allan Staller wrote:
> They were indented when I sent it.
>
Thanks. I blame much misbehavior on hypermodern mailer software
(You appear to be using MS-Exchange) that aggressively reformats
to optimize for handheld devices where character cells are precious.
Too much
They were indented when I sent it.
-Original Message-
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Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 11:06 AM
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Subject: Style (was: Newbie SMP/E questions)
On 2019-01-29, at 09:52:18, Allan Staller wrote
On 2019-01-29, at 09:52:18, Allan Staller wrote:
> Comments interspersed.
>
> HTH,
>
Thanks. It would further be useful if you distinguished quoted material
with the customary ">" prefix.
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of
> Bob Bridges
> Sent: T
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:23:06 +, David Spiegel wrote:
>Hi Bob,
>2) Yes for the current situation. If, however, PTFs between base and
>your new PTFs are ACCEPTd, no.
>> ... [about 20 lines skipped]
>> Question #2) ...
What ever became of the venerable practice of interleaving replies close to
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