Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

[Wol <antlists@youngman.org.uk>]

On 28/08/2022 22:53, Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 2:33 PM Wol <antlists@youngman.org.uk 
> <mailto:antlists@youngman.org.uk>> wrote:
>  >
>  > On 28/08/2022 22:07, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
>  > > Is there a particular reason why your mailer inserts the quote 
> character
>  > > only on the first line of a quote paragraph? It makes reading your 
> replies a
>  > > little difficult because it is not visible on first glance where 
> your quote
>  > > ends and your reply starts.
>  >
>  > Because the OPs mailer sent it as one line per paragraph?
>  >
>  > My mailer (Tbird) is configured for plain text, but still screws up when
>  > it receives html junk.
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  > Wol
> 
> 
> My address is GMail, and I just use Chrome. Responding to this list
> requires me to Ctrl-A and then remove ALL formatting which inserts
> the greater than symbol.
> 
> For 99% of my life no one cares about how an email response is
> formatted. The only place that complains is this list so I do all of
> that above to try to make it better for the list.

Well, a lot of us are greybeards who predate HTML. Grumpy old greybeards 
don't like change :-) and I include myself in that.
> 
> Maybe I made a mistake on the recent response that Frank
> doesn't like? If it's happening on every email I send then what
> Frank is seeing is not what I'm seeing.
> 
> In my experience it's easier to ride the Google horse in the
> direction the Google horse is going. Turning off all formatting
> causes too many problems in real life outside of Gentoo
> email lists.
> 
HTML is f*cked up for so many things (for which clueless idiots 
recommend it). At work, living inside the GMail/Chrome eco-system is 
mandatory. And I regularly swear at it because I get over-wide emails 
that are a bastard to read.

> My apologies,
> Mark
> 
Don't apologise - it's not your fault. If you use gmail/chrome, that's 
fine. It would just be nice if Google didn't screw up your mail. The 
really scary thing is all these things Google do behind your back are 
capable of (and as far as the linux guys are concerned regularly do) 
screwing up your security.

If you want to interact with linux devs you will find they are even more 
anti-gmail than here - because what you are sending is not what you 
think you are sending! But until then, don't beat yourself up over it. 
Don't upset people unnecessarily, but if it causes you grief, don't do 
it. If people don't like it, they can ignore it.

Cheers,
Wol