[GNC] Reply convention

[R Losey]

On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 8:41 PM NoobAlice <NoobAlice at airmail.cc> wrote:

> On 2023-08-22 06:21 PM, Brad Morrison wrote:
>
> > ...but does anyone know if
> > the various email formatting conventions
> > (https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/MailingListEtiquette) can be adjusted
> > by the mailing list user at the email client level?
>
> I don't know about other email clients, but Thunderbird seems to have this
> functionality on a per-account basis.
>
> Edit > Account Settings
> Pick the email address you use for mailing lists
> youremail at domain.com > Composition and Addressing
> Check the box for "Automatically quote the original message when replying"
> Choose drop-down "When quoting... start my reply below the quote."
> and set signature options as you choose.
>
> Also, while you're in there, uncheck "Compose messages in HTML format," as
> I think a lot of that doesn't come through for mailing lists.
>

Exactly! Thanks.  Clients have the option, like Thunderbird, which I like.
However, I read these emails on the Gmail web interface, which apparently,
does not have that option.  Sigh. Options are better: let the user decide
instead of forcing a choice on the user.



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Richard Losey
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Micah 6:8