Re: [Evolution] Various Details

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 10:23 -0400, David Guertin wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 09:42, Not Zed wrote:
>
> > > 5) Back when I had to use MS Lookout my signature would aways apply and
> > > would apply right after my typed message (actually my signature was put
> > > in prior to my typing; the curser would always be started above it). <snip>
>
> > Umm, works for me (as below).  Exactly as you describe lookout doing it.
>
> I'm not Jeremy, but if I might step in here I think I know what he's
> talking about. In many, perhaps most, institutional environments,
> top-posting has become the accepted protocol for replying to email
> messages. Personally, I view this as an unfortunate trend, but all the
> righteous indigination I can muster is not going to change this trend,
> so to get along, I'm forced to reluctantly top-post at work.
>
> In Evolution, when I top-post to a thread, the signature gets put at the
> very bottom, after potentially several pages of other people's writing.
> In Outlook, the signature gets put immediately after my text. I think
> this is what Jeremy was referring to, as it's been an annoyance for me
> when I use Evolution for work.

uhm, but then when someone replies to his message, the mailer would strip his signature and everything afetr it, completely wiping out any previous conversation. This is a Bad Thing (tm).

Jeff

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