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(DIR) Post #9oVUt1LHBKPkjj6CWG by amolith@masto.nixnet.xyz
2019-11-01T03:50:01Z
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When replying to emails, should your reply be on top of the quote or underneath it?
(DIR) Post #9oVUt2gaBb3Gu64jMu by brian@ap.tiuxo.com
2019-11-01T04:39:37.810139Z
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@amolithA: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
(DIR) Post #9oVVRl5Tbne4SUGzwW by flab@freesoftwareextremist.com
2019-11-01T04:45:54.869538Z
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@amolith keep the paradigm of whatever your audience is.When I'm responding to a post on a mailing list, I bottom-post because that's expected there.When I reply to an email thread at work, I top-post there because that's how my coworkers expect to see it.Inflexible ideologies are problematic.
(DIR) Post #9oVVqfGAPdc9cl9Ky0 by amolith@masto.nixnet.xyz
2019-11-01T04:49:07Z
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@flab I use bottom posting and plaintext by default for all my "normal" accounts. For school and work, I top post and use HTML. I'm asking because I want sane defaults for my Roundcube instance and, while I'll definitely have normal people using it, I anticipate many of my users being more technically inclined and will appreciate defaults that work for them.
(DIR) Post #9oVVqiyaavvl9OxM7k by flab@freesoftwareextremist.com
2019-11-01T04:50:22.911324Z
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@amolith totally reasonable, except the HTML part. I still default to plaintext email for work. I have a T-Bird addon with a button to quickly toggle plaintext and HTML views for email I'm reading, but I always send plaintext.
(DIR) Post #9oVWBmqFPzGDDj68RM by amolith@masto.nixnet.xyz
2019-11-01T04:52:34Z
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@flab Do they ever mention it being weird that you use plaintext? Wrapping the lines at 72 chars really put me off when I enabled plaintext in Thunderbird, sent an email to my boss, then looked at it on my phone. Reading that in K9 was terrible
(DIR) Post #9oVWBnLnWgUunZrKcK by flab@freesoftwareextremist.com
2019-11-01T04:54:12.641560Z
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@amolith I don't actually wrap for work emails. I know I'm supposed to, but... well I'm not above compromise :)Some people have remarked that I attach things instead of 'embedding' them, or that I typed a numbered list by hand, but that's it.
(DIR) Post #9oVXhkHGaSzCULXSlc by wowaname@anime.website
2019-11-01T05:11:32.920093Z
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@flab @amolith i reply inline so top posting never makes sense for me
(DIR) Post #9oVXoJQunBXJG8BPoO by wowaname@anime.website
2019-11-01T05:12:45.729531Z
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@amolith @flab theres an option to soft-wrap plain text. people dont typically pay attention to how plain your emails look though
(DIR) Post #9oVXoKZSYtxumvBklk by amolith@masto.nixnet.xyz
2019-11-01T04:57:12Z
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@flab Regarding attachments, I've always done that. I can't stand image embeds when it takes up 90% of the screen and you have to scroll around to actually see the text.Do you wrap for emails to not-work people, as in with communication to more technical individuals?
(DIR) Post #9oVXoL3EmBmiHH7XBQ by flab@freesoftwareextremist.com
2019-11-01T05:12:23.434985Z
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@amolith yes, I do.Basically work = plaintext, wrapping, top postingPersonal stuff = plaintext, no wrap, bottom posting
(DIR) Post #9oVYHagFkJFL9IJnCi by amolith@masto.nixnet.xyz
2019-11-01T05:14:12Z
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@wowaname How does soft-wrapping work?@flab
(DIR) Post #9oVYHc6ATRZPXxS0Ei by wowaname@anime.website
2019-11-01T05:18:01.466144Z
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@amolith @flab its simply an additional field in the content-type header
(DIR) Post #9oVYKMGJoEhVIfVVey by flab@freesoftwareextremist.com
2019-11-01T05:18:11.807682Z
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@wowaname @amolith I do a lot of inline replying at work but I will still have a top line, with at least "See Below" or something similar.
(DIR) Post #9oVYLUVedCYpAVDkHY by amolith@masto.nixnet.xyz
2019-11-01T05:13:44Z
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@wowaname Until I read through that website again, I had forgotten that replying inline to specific portions was also acceptable. I'll probably do that more often now 😉 @flab
(DIR) Post #9oVYMuNXw4MZgq6VrU by wowaname@anime.website
2019-11-01T05:19:00.709851Z
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@amolith @flab rfc 3676
(DIR) Post #9oVYWvQWtSjjpvHAEC by wowaname@anime.website
2019-11-01T05:20:49.352622Z
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@flab @amolith i just assume gmail is competent enough to offset the quotes and highlight what i typed, like most clients do. my quotes are usually snipped enough that people see where i replied right away
(DIR) Post #9oWoyF0ZzVS4oK9356 by wowaname@anime.website
2019-11-01T19:59:41.985717Z
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@ITwrx @flab @amolith i would argue that not being able to find your reply would reinforce why people prefer top posting
(DIR) Post #9oWpCFubQc11fR22ue by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-11-01T20:00:07Z
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@amolith oh my god, I hate every single person who voted for top
(DIR) Post #9oWpQjcvkHSHsffc2a by samir@bsd.network
2019-11-01T18:10:43Z
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@amolith I dare anyone who works in a large company that uses Outlook to try bottom replying to emails using just plain text.
(DIR) Post #9oWpR1aOyQ7za2cqbA by amolith@masto.nixnet.xyz
2019-11-01T20:02:53Z
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@sir Haha I expected you would say that. You make strong arguments for bottom posting and I've made that along with plaintext composition default on my mail server :blobwink:
(DIR) Post #9oWpYrKwxoXa6r8MzI by lain@pleroma.soykaf.com
2019-11-01T20:05:58.169822Z
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@amolith bottom or inline is correct, but nobody does it anymore so people will think you're weird if you do it.
(DIR) Post #9oWphrpOVWRmErfYuW by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2019-11-01T20:07:39.409775Z
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@lain @amolith Well, depends on who you're writing to. For some I don't even bother keeping the quotes.
(DIR) Post #9oWpnirkjz1QBIZ4U4 by hj@shigusegubu.club
2019-11-01T20:08:43.063961Z
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@amolith >always scroll to see replyFuck that shit.
(DIR) Post #9oWpsKprVrRh6FsbFA by amolith@masto.nixnet.xyz
2019-11-01T20:07:53Z
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@lain When I have time, I'm going to see how inline replies render in Gmail. Depending on its behaviour and depending on who I'm emailing, I'll either use inline or bottom replies. Inline would be preferable but I don't want the recipient to have to look around for it