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.htmlI do have that setting checked, though :-)
poc
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