Re: [Evolution] Wanted feature (signature at the top)

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> > > The signature is always at the bottom of emails. This is a problem for
> > > replied emails. At least in France, most people add correspondance at
> > > the top of the mail. So the signature will be better placed at the top
> > > of the mail with 2 empty lines to be able to type the reply.
> >
> > Nope.
> >
> > The signature is at the bottom. No discussion at all here. There is a
> > special marker to identify signatures and make automatic removals
> > possible.
>
> Infact, it all depend how you reply to email. When you want to do some
> "officials" email, you can't insert comment in the original email but
> might want to kept it in your response.
>
> > What you do want, though, is some method to customize the string
> > currently hardcoded and displayed at the top. *Please*, do not call that
> > signature, as it is not.
>
> As you want.

Sorry, I didn't meant to be harsh. Just wanted to make clear, what we
are talking about.

That stuff can get a flame war very quick.


> > There has been a ridiculous discussion about  replying and top- vs.
> > bottom-quoting -- which led me to an idea of customizing the string at
> > the bottom and even setting the cursor. That would exactly give you the
> > option to do what you just described, does it?
>
> Yes this is even better (but harder to use). The hard thing is to
> provided a way to setup it I think.

Exactly, that's the point. The UI is really hard, if you want it to be
customized by normal users. Evolution does not aim at the power users
solely.

Maybe Anna wanna have a look at this for 1.6.

...guenther


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