From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 04:10:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 016D325C for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 04:10:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (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 BE398784 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 04:10:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-76-59.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.59]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s8N4AsUv012133 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 23:10:54 -0500 Message-ID: <5420F445.6060502@hiwaay.net> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 23:17:09 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cloning a user 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> <20140922225144.328031d4.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140922225144.328031d4.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 04:10:56 -0000 On 09/22/14 15:51, Polytropon wrote: > 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. :-) That's what I was doing, but someone else pointed me to how to get TB to behave :-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.