Posted by Chris Ridd on 11/16/88 11:36

On 5/1/06 12:23, in article 424hdkF1gvfv7U1@individual.net, "Paul Sture"
<paul.sture@decus.ch> wrote:

> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>> In article <1pnor116fuvpvfbgeqo5bjhl3rmsvb758r@4ax.com>,
>> Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Yes, but Thunderbird *can* be configured to place the insertion
>>>> point at the bottom.
>>>
>>> I wouldn't like that as a standard setting, putting the cursor at the
>>> top is an invitation to strip out the irrelevant quoted text. Bottom
>>> posting without trimming is worse than top posting for me.
>>
>>
>> If you select text before replying, will it quote only the selected text?
>>
>
> Just tried that, and as you can see it still quotes the lot.

It is pretty dumb, especially when it decides to pointlessly quote several
megabytes of text/blah attached files :-(

Cheers,

Chris

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