Is there a partiton size limit?

[Ray Parrish]

Thorny wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:02:04 -0700, don fisher wrote:
>
>   
>> I will do that. But I am curious. Do you know why that is termed "proper
>> etiquette"? The mail reader I use, Thunderbird, opens an email at the top.
>> Is is a bit annoying have to scroll to the end to find the reply.
>>
>>     
>
> The short answer is that it has been established etiquette since before
> Ubuntu and Thunderbird were born.
>
> For a longer answer:
>
> A search engine can be your friend. These are the first three hits I got:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
> http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html
> http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
>
> For further fun you might search the archives of this list for threads
> about the issue, lots of opinions to read.
>   
Hello,

Where Thunderbird starts a new message in relation to the quoted 
material in a reply is easy to change. Go to Edit, Account Setting, then 
in that dailog, select the "Composition and Addressing" line in the tree 
on the left side under the account you wish to change the behavior for.

Now, on the right side of the Account Settings dialog you will see a 
check box next to the label "Automatically quote the original message 
when replying". Make sure that is marked, then right below it there are 
two drop down selection lists that will allow you to specify where to 
place your reply and signature block in relation to the quoted material.

Also, if you do not consider Add Ons to be insecure, there are two for 
Thunderbird which make reading text emails with quoted material a much 
nicer experience. One is called "Quote Collapse", and the other is 
"Quote Colors".

Quote Collapse collapses each level of quoted material into one line 
with a border around it, and a plus sign which expands that section to 
it's original size when clicked in case you want to re-read it. After 
you install it, it is necessary to use it's Preferences to set it to use 
a border line on all sides of the quoted sections. You don't have to, 
but it makes it easier to see.

Quote Colors will then allow you to specify a separate color for each 
level of quoting, which makes it much easier to tell who's saying what 
when there are several levels of quoting in a post.

To get these Add Ons you simply use the menu entry Tools, Add Ons, then 
do a search on their names when you get to the Add On interface.

Later, Ray Parrish

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