* Yaroslav Halchenko <mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004-09-11 09:25 -0400]: > >> Obviously I've never received a message like that, or my script would >> already handle it. > just if you decide to adjust your script to handle such messages: Thanks. I'd prefer to wait until I see such an email myself, and I probably wouldn't use perl (why not just sed?) >> Just FYI, a lot of people find top-posting, aka TOFU, offensive. > just mention that I quote only the last message... this keeps the reader > informed on what this message answering to. So if I'm not doign > interleaved answering with old quotes, then I prefer to leave 1 mail > back full text TOFU. I don't consider this offensive but rather usefull. So you interleave replies if there are multiple levels of quoting, but top-post when there's only one? Why not just interleave all the time? > I would consider offensive bringing all 100 levels of conversation into > email... Of course. That is the usualy practice of top-posters, which is why so many people dislike it. -- Joshua 'bruce' Crawford ... http://www.geocities.com/mortarn "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." -Thomas A. Edison
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