[MPlayer-users] stop reproduction

[The Wanderer]

John Idarraga wrote:

> please see below

Naturally. There's no need for this kind of comment unless you expect
that your reader(s) will be expecting to *not* find any comments below
the quote - which in an ideal world would never be the case, and which
is certainly not the case here.

> On 2/4/07, The Wanderer <inverseparadox at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> John Idarraga wrote:

>>> I apologize for the Top-posting ... didn't mean it ... I'm new on
>>> this mail lists.
>> 
>> And yet you just did it again...
> 
> haha ... you're right ... sorry ... look, I don't understand ... is
> this gmail thing.  How do I tell gmail not to do it ?

How not to do what? Automatically start your reply above the quoted
text?

I have no idea; I don't use Gmail, in part because I don't like Webmail
to begin with. However, that isn't the point.

My mail client (Mozilla Mail, somewhat outdated by now) *also* starts my
reply above the quoted text; I specifically have it set to do that. But
I do *not* just type my reply there; I scroll down into the quote, snip
out blank lines and irrelevant bits as appropriate, and reply that way.

The only reason I have it set to start my reply above the quote is
because having it start at the *end* would mean that I would have to
scroll back up to the top in order to start replying to quoted points in
order. It's purely a matter of convenience; starting at the bottom means
a little more work to achieve the same goal, so I avoid that setting,
and the only available alternative is starting at the top.

> (ok this is a question that should probably go to a different mail
> list)

Yes, it probably should.

(While you're at it, you might want to see what you can find on the
practice of snipping.)

As this is rather offtopic, this will be the last post I make in this
thread, unless some truly exceptional comment is made.

<snip quoted .sigs>

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       The Wanderer

Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any
side of it.

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