Re: [Evolution] How Evolution formats top-post replies

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

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.html

I do have that setting checked, though :-)

poc