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Subject:Re: more on email strangeness From:Mike Starr <mikestarr-techwr-l -at- writestarr -dot- com> To:Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- covad -dot- net> Date:Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:01:48 -0500
Thunderbird is designed to truncate the original message text when it encounters a standard signature delimiter (--) at the beginning of a paragraph.
That does happen when I reply to a message from a digest version of other lists I belong to. That's very frustrating for me because I might want to reply to the 15th message out of a 25-message digest and Thunderbird truncates the original message text at perhaps message two so I have to go to the original and copy the desired message manually to insert it below my sig. I am, however, too lazy to turn it into a properly quoted message by inserting > characters at the beginning of each line.
Mike
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Jay Maechtlen wrote:
> When I 'reply' or 'reply all' to Mike's post (re Gene and the 2x4 of
> good sense) I see that Gene's text is gone, and only Mike's tresponse is
> there.
> I'll paste both below the part that Tbird put in, just for completeness.
>
> Mike Starr wrote:
>> Last summer, I commissioned a local wood carver to make me an "Official Technical Writer's 2x4"... I tell people it's for recalcitrant programmers, engineers and other SMEs. Don't know if TSA'll let me have it in my carryon luggage if I have to make an urgent trip to the left coast to adjust your attitude, though <grin>.
>>
>> Mike
>>
> the complete post from Mike follows, less the Techwrl footers.
>
> Any ideas?
> (regarding the email, not the 2x4)
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> Last summer, I commissioned a local wood carver to make me an "Official Technical Writer's 2x4"... I tell people it's for recalcitrant programmers, engineers and other SMEs. Don't know if TSA'll let me have it in my carryon luggage if I have to make an urgent trip to the left coast to adjust your attitude, though <grin>.
>
> Mike
> -- Mike Starr WriteStarr Information Services Technical Writer - Online
> Help Developer - Technical Illustrator Graphic Designer - Desktop
> Publisher - MS Office Expert (262) 694-1028 - mike -at- writestarr -dot- com -
>http://www.writestarr.com Gene Kim-Eng wrote:
>
>> > I don't know about "proud." I am always embarressed if I find I've done
>> > something to someone that I would not want done to me under the same
>> > circumstances. If I ever feel the urge to storm out of here (or any
>> > other forum) with a grumbly, whiney "you're all unworthy of me" exit
>> > speech I would like for someone to hit me over the head with a 2X4
>> > before I succumb to it. If I do anyway, everyone should concentrate
>> > their flamethrowers on my posterior and let 'em rip. Make of that what
>> > you will.
>> >
>> > Gene Kim-Eng
>>
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