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 221BD1396D0 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:18:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D3E2E1FC018; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:18:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gw1.antarean.org (gw1.antarean.org [194.145.200.214]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 760671FC002 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:18:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 021012127C for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:10:06 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from gw1.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gw1.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1DQiEDIBPsp8 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:10:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailstore1.antarean.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C498021250 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:10:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.163.45.107] (unknown [62.72.193.65]) (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 A3ECD32 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:18:43 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:18:42 +0000 In-Reply-To: <7876394.uLiDL4P0kn@dell_xps> References: <20776dd5-ab51-2670-20ef-63fc6866af1c@gmail.com> <7876394.uLiDL4P0kn@dell_xps> 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: <65DC48A5-2566-4D6F-AE08-96F0FD8C5A9C@antarean.org> X-Archives-Salt: 203b813b-3c5b-4ec4-8dd5-4a729914a2c1 X-Archives-Hash: b27a4cefae0bc1a232d2c57b7ba403fd On 24 August 2017 10:55:52 GMT+02:00, Mick wr= ote: >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 > >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 >>=20 >> -- >> Joost > >Top-posting when the message is a threaded conversation does not help=2E= =20 >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 posting - >thank=20 >you=2E :-) The mobile app I use on my phone (k9mail) can be configured to put the rep= ly underneath=2E I type in a field that is at the top=2E But it is pasted at the bottom=2E I can also reply inline, but that is more cumbersome using a phone=2E I do not see why technical people still claim bottom posting is impossible= using mobile apps=2E And claiming it is because of some hypersecure email = account doesn't make sense for a publicly archived mailing list=2E -- Joost --=20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E