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Re: How Evolution formats top-post replies

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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?

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