12 Oct
2012
12 Oct
'12
3:01 p.m.
On 12 October 2012 22:26, MikeS <dm561 at torfree.net> wrote:
Well, it /is/ ClassicCmp. There's probably some people reading this on
a 1972 PDP-8 via a 6-bit character set that only has uppercase
letters.
Digest are horrible. Again, a half-decent email client and a bit of
filtering removes the need.
I direct all my email from something like half a dozen additional
addresses into my Gmail box. I have nearly 100 filters set up that
redirect 90-95% of it into folders, so that it doesn't clutter my main
inbox. I must receive many hundreds of emails a day - I don't count -
but my main inbox never normally goes above 15-20 a day.
Digests destroy threading, context and all in the name of a false economy.
Depends what devices they are!
I am cursed with an iPhone until my contract runs out - any day now,
happily. Its built-in mail client is so brain-damaged that I cannot
quote properly, so I only use it for brief, urgent replies. However,
the Gmail client is free and can trim and quote no problem, and also
mark-as-spam and other features that the Apple one can't do. So if I
/need/ to write a proper email, I can - I just don't normally use the
Gmail client because #1 Apple won't allow you to change default apps
and #2 the Gmail client is quite slow on my 3GS.
Ditto on my old, sadly-lost Android phone. The original Android 2.2
email client only supported top-quoting, but there was K9-Mail which
could do it fine.
My old Nokia E90's built-in client was poor, but even an elderly
version of Symbian S60 has a Gmail app.
And so on.
----- Original Message -----
Uh-oh! O_O
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:55:39 +0100
From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>
I was wondering when we'd hear from you ;-) ... then
you're using a poor email client.
Of course ;-) Smarter ones
can (optionally) collapse or expand levels of
previously-quote text. Gmail does this automatically...
I didn't realize that works with the digest versions; guess I'd better start
using gmail... In this case,
actually, I think it's a sign that those who favour
top-posting are clinging on to poor-quality MUAs when they should update
to something better.
Of course! After all, there are so many different e-mail clients to choose
from for my smartphone and PDA... And why should we show any respect or consideration
for those folks who for
whatever reason don't have a choice at all...
If someone really has /no choice/ then fair enough. But for instance
iPhone owners /do/ have a choice. If someone wants to participate in
mailing lists, for example, on their phone, then I feel that it
behooves them to find a client that can actually handle email for
grown-ups.
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