Re: emacs + mutt > better quoting of emails while replying

[Bill Wohler]

Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com> writes:

>> I must try to discourage you from replying in this fashion. It's a bad
>> habit started by Outbreak. As you can see by my reply, it is easier to
>> see the threads and context when using a common type of replying
>> technique shared by dozens of mail user agents (rather than a
>> monopolistic style).
>
> If you are referring to top posting, it was explained to me thus : by
> putting the cursor on the first line of the previous post it
> encourages the poster to *snip* and make the reply more
> readable. Using slrn for a few weeks now, I agree.

This is what MH-E and Gnus do too. We also set mark at the end of the
draft so you can delete the entire quoted message with C-w. Contrast
that with inserting blank lines above the quoted message and leaving
point above them (which is what I was reacting to).

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