From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7863A1396D0 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:02:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 011AD1FC046; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:02:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gw2.antarean.org (gw2.antarean.org [141.105.125.208]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F2791FC015 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:02:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A3BF121C13 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:59:24 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from gw2.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gw2.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id z_A4HyWbUUpA for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:59:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailstore1.antarean.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B02E121BAA for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:59:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lan001.nl.antarean.org (lan001.nl.antarean.org [10.20.13.101]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailstore1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D5B832 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:01:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:01:58 +0000 In-Reply-To: <5db9a0b5-356c-60e2-0d4a-4d5255d8613d@gmail.com> References: <20776dd5-ab51-2670-20ef-63fc6866af1c@gmail.com> <7876394.uLiDL4P0kn@dell_xps> <8222814a-95b1-7268-6201-1308ff84a0e5@gmail.com> <5db9a0b5-356c-60e2-0d4a-4d5255d8613d@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is this working correctly?? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: "J. Roeleveld" Message-ID: <4DA408AB-BE72-4F92-903F-856523CE0DA0@antarean.org> X-Archives-Salt: b7664497-a784-4d2e-b8ee-395f49996299 X-Archives-Hash: 1c0ba9fb6a2a1cbd670750b95ba66330 On 24 August 2017 17:15:25 GMT+02:00, Alan McKinnon wrote: >On 24/08/2017 16:50, Dale wrote: >> Mick wrote: >>> On Thursday, 24 August 2017 09:36:43 BST J=2E Roeleveld wrote: >>> >>>> I can handle HTML emails and won't complain=2E (As long as they don't >set some >>>> idiotic font or background colours) >>> I don't mind messages which contain both formats and let the mail >client=20 >>> render the content according to the preferences of the recipient; >i=2Ee=2E a=20 >>> message with: >>> >>> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; >>> >>> which contains: >>> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; >>> and=20 >>> Content-Type: text/html; >>> >>> However, I have found some mail clients, especially Microsoft web >based=20 >>> mailers, send a Base64 blob which *only* contains HTML=2E I don't >like=20 >>> receiving these and depending on the sender I delete them=2E >>> >>> >>>> But top-posting when replying to emails makes for unnecessary >difficult >>>> reading=2E >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Joost >>> Top-posting when the message is a threaded conversation does not >help=2E Some=20 >>> mobile apps and webmail interfaces make it really difficult to >respond inline,=20 >>> so I don't mind being flexible on this matter=2E >>> >>> PS=2E I like this list just as it is=2E Plain text and no-top postin= g >- thank=20 >>> you=2E :-) >>=20 >>=20 >> OK=2E I'm nosy now=2E Can you folks share what email software you are >> using? Is it GUI based etc? Stable and doesn't change settings to >> something stupid like Seamonkey/thunderbird just did=2E=20 >>=20 >> To put it simply, I'm considering switching away from Seamonkey here >and >> just may do it=2E One thing I'd like tho, being able to transfer my >> emails from Seamonkey to whatever new program I'm using=2E When I >> switched from Kmail, I was able to do that, can't recall how now=2E >>=20 >> Just curious as to my options here=2E May as well learn some stuff >while >> we on the topic=2E ;-)=20 > >Thunderbird=2E > >I have no formatting or storage problems as local mail is kept in >dovecot imap folders and every client out there can read them=2E MUA >incompatibilities just do not happen to me anymore=2E > >I prefer my MUA to be a reader and an editor and a sender and a >fetcher=2E >Never a storer=2E I use Cyrus IMAP for storage and postfix for SMTP=2E My mail clients only use IMAP and SMTP to my own server=2E With multiple devices, local storage makes no sense=2E -- Joost --=20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E