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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    [Bug 16480] Signature file to be added at top of reply or forwarded
From:       Magnus Holmgren <holmgren () lysator ! liu ! se>
Date:       2006-04-18 9:22:35
Message-ID: 20060418092235.19246.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From holmgren lysator liu se  2006-04-18 11:22 -------
Oh, it's a thread alright. The mails sent out by the bugtracker has In-Reply-To \
fields in them.

Anyway, while there may be legitimate uses for Outlook-style top-posting, I feel the \
greatest dangers are these:

1) Users tend to hit reply and just leave the fullquote out of sight below without \
thinking. This leads to a huge pile of text building up, very often for no reason, as \
all recipients already have the preceding conversation in their mailboxes. This \
wastes storage space and bandwidth, but more importantly (space and bandwidth are \
cheap), it takes bloody ages to space through my list mail!

2) When you need to reply inline to make your reasoning clear, it's near impossible \
if you need more than one level of quoted text. Further, if the next person fails to \
decide not to top-post, you get a real mess.

Therefore I believe that a) top-posting should definitely not be the default, and b) \
it should only be available as a special Reply or Reply to All command.

Besides, why is the signature that important? Does it contain an utterly meaningless \
disclaimer?

What about a "Forward Thread" feature, which creates a reply with all ancestors \
attached? That ought to be the best way to introduce a new person into a discussion. \
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