C'mon guys, use a email reader that hides the quoted text unless you click on it (like gmail) and let's all get on with our lives.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com > >wrote: > > > I agree that people should select the pertinent text to be quoted before > > replying. It's just good email etiquette. > > > It's more than "good etiquette." it's correct, and not doing it is > incorrect. This is spelled out in the ancient RFC that defines email. > > > > However, there may be an option to reverse the direction of the quoted > > text to place it at the top instead of the bottom of the post. > > > Top-quoting is not an "option," it's just plain wrong. > > It came about from AOL placing the cursor before the text, an abuse > followed by microsoft and gmail. > > I filed bugs 11562493 and 11562437 in the very early days of gmail, for not > instructing users on etiquette and for misplacing the cursor in the > top-posting position. > > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
