From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 22 20:51:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D4869812 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:51:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E9967C8 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:51:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-162-184.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.162.184]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B0DE3CCA0; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 22:51:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s8MKpiHb002197; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 22:51:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 22:51:44 +0200 From: Polytropon To: "William A. Mahaffey III" Subject: Re: Cloning a user Message-Id: <20140922225144.328031d4.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <542086F6.7080807@hiwaay.net> References: <54206EFE.2020300@comcast.net> <64800696-2AB1-4B0E-9C17-D76AE07880BE@mac.com> <5420760C.5000901@comcast.net> <20140922221138.cb34493e.freebsd@edvax.de> <542086F6.7080807@hiwaay.net> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:51:53 -0000 On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:30:46 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > On 09/22/14 15:11, Polytropon wrote: > > And allow me a polite note regarding the answering policy > > (or "common suggestion") of this list: > > > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > A: Top-posting. > > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > > I see you're using Thunderbird - it's perfectly able to > > properly quote, trim, and answer. > > > > :-) > > > > > > > I quite agree about top posting, however I am unable to locate where to > adjust that in my T-bird (thunderbird-31.1.0_1, FBSD 9.3) .... any > pointers :-) .... TIA .... Have e-mail clients significantly changed in the last years? Even though I prefer a client much more simple than Thunderbird, isn't it possible to: (a) type after the quoted original, (b) edit the quoted original (trim text), (c) split the quoted original by some newlines, enter own text, and continue, (d) change the view from "rich text" (or however this specific presentation is called) to "normal text" (where you can see the quotation indentation "> ")? I only use TB very occassionally (whenever I cannot avoid it), but I think this is still possible. By the way, Sylpheed (the MUA I'm using) also starts with the cursor at the top of the quoted original, but that doesn't stop me from adding my text "manually" at the end. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...