Re: [Evolution] Various Details

[Ron Johnson <ron l johnson cox net>]

On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 16:14 -0400, David Guertin wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 15:24, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 13:53 -0400, David Guertin wrote:
> > > Hmm. I'm sorry if I'm beating a dead horse, but I'm still puzzled. As
> > > you can see, Evolution does not do what you describe. (Or is "My
> > > Signature" below not an actual Evolution-added signature? Did you just
> > > type that in?) I haven't noticed it stripping any messages I've replied
> > > to at work, either.
> >
> > most mailers would. I forgot I added logic to Evolution a while back to
> > look for the last "signature looking thing" and only strip that out.
> >
> > So lets try this.. (might work, might not - signature stripping is
> > broken in 1.5 so I can't really test)
>
> Ah! OK, this is making sense now. Your signature and everything past it
> is stripped.
>
> All of this just reinforces my contention that top-posting is evil.
> However, I fear it is here to stay.
>
> I will continue my current practice of abstaining from using a signature
> file when I am obliged to top-post.
>
> BTW, I've learned from this that Outlook is able to insert signature
> files above the quoted text because it doesn't use standard signature
> files, it just inserts text at the cursor. It also makes it very
> cumbersome to do anything but top-post.

Yes, Lookout is Evil and Does Not Conform To Standards.

But.... Because it is almost ubiquitous, it sets its own standard
that mindless corporate drone happily accept, and force us to
follow.

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Ron Johnson <ron l johnson cox net>