6.6 RC2 Release

[Peter Haworth]

C'mon guys, use a email reader that hides the quoted text unless you click
on it (like gmail) and let's all get on with our lives.

Pete
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Dr. Hawkins <dochawk at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I agree that people should select the pertinent text to be quoted before
> > replying. It's just good email etiquette.
>
>
> It's more than "good etiquette." it's correct, and not doing it is
> incorrect.  This is spelled out in the ancient RFC that defines email.
>
>
> > However, there may be an option to reverse the direction of the quoted
> > text to place it at the top instead of the bottom of the post.
>
>
> Top-quoting is not an "option," it's just plain wrong.
>
> It came about from AOL placing the cursor before the text, an abuse
> followed by microsoft and gmail.
>
> I filed bugs 11562493 and 11562437 in the very early days of gmail, for not
> instructing users on etiquette and for misplacing the cursor in the
> top-posting position.
>
>
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