Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Dale <dalek@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting styles
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:02:19
Message-Id: 4366142C.5010609@exceedtech.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting styles by Alexander Skwar
1 Alexander Skwar wrote:
2
3 >Dale schrieb:
4 >
5 >
6 >>Alexander Skwar wrote:
7 >>
8 >>
9 >>
10 >>>Dale schrieb:
11 >>>
12 >>>
13 >>>
14 >>>
15 >>>
16 >>>>Well I have to have HTML because I use email for a LOT more than just
17 >>>>this list.
18 >>>>
19 >>>>
20 >>>>
21 >>>>
22 >>>And why do you need HTML there?
23 >>>
24 >>>Anyway, Mozilla/Thunderbird makes it very easy to decide if
25 >>>HTML is used or not - when you set the default to text/plain,
26 >>>you hold down shift while you click on the Compose, Reply,
27 >>>Reply All or Forward button. This will then create an HTML
28 >>>mail.
29 >>>
30 >>>
31 >>>
32 >>>
33 >>Because I send pictures and make my text have color and all that stuff.
34 >>
35 >>
36 >
37 >Fine. But where was the gain in sending that mail to which
38 >I'm replying to in HTML?
39 >
40 >
41 >
42 >>Ain't that HTML?
43 >>
44 >>
45 >
46 >Sure. But here, you did not do that. When you do send stuff
47 >which requires HTML, go ahead and use it - but it just makes
48 >no sense to use it as a default.
49 >
50 >
51 >
52 >> Ain't no list getting between me and my lady. No way!
53 >>
54 >>
55 >
56 >Are you always that egoistic?
57 >
58 >Alexander Skwar
59 >
60 >
61 Well, I have Mozilla set up to send both types, plain and HTML, so that
62 you can get whatever you want. It makes it take longer to send over my
63 slow dial-up but I thought it polite, maybe it is not after all.
64
65 To be honest, I just joined the list a few days ago and it is getting to
66 be a bit much. It was sort of humorous at first but I can't seem to
67 please everybody. Maybe I should just cancel and go somewhere else.
68 Would that be OK???
69
70 Dale

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting styles Holly Bostick <motub@××××××.nl>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting styles Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>