Tuesday, March 07, 2023

Re: Mail Etiquette: Reply above or below

On 2023-03-07 04:50, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote (in part):
> For whatever reason, Microsoft's Outlook or possibly earlier Microsoft mail
> client products dragged in a convention of quoting the whole thread (even though
> those early clients did not in fact have the thread concept) and putting new
> text on top.

Indeed. When I was forced to use Outlook (or LookOut! as some wrote)
and needed to answer in parts, I copied the entire content into a real
editor first. (This caused problems with people who used multiple fonts.)

S.

>
> I think this would point to my preference at least. Cue my 2011 rant about
> same, enjoy: https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2011/02/problem-isnt-email-its-microsoft.html
>
> All the best,
> Peter
>

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