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Quoting in Emails?

Posted by Cliff on from the I'm-more-sick-of-HTML-in-my-email dept.

Shanes asks: "I want to know how slashdot readers feel about the IMO ever worse quoting habits of people writing mails. When I started writing emails to friends and colleagues over 10 years ago I and everyone else quickly learned how to quote. These days most of the bytes in my inbox are "Original Message" quotes that Outlook people always include at the end of every mail. Doesn't anyone care about sending well edited mails anymore?" I have a simple rule, if I can't read it without editing it first, it's probably not worth my time. Do any of you get frustrated by the formatting of email in your inbox?

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  1. Formatting by Iamthefallen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, poorly formatted emails suck, it takes forever to find just where to click to get to that "FREE PORN!!! NO CREDIT CARD NEEDED!!!!!" site.

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  2. me too :) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, it's as annoying as hell... Shanes asks: "I want to know how slashdot readers feel about the IMO ever worse quoting habits of people writing mails. When I started writing emails to friends and colleagues over 10 years ago I and everyone else quickly learned how to quote. These days most of the bytes in my inbox are "Original Message" quotes that Outlook people always include at the end of every mail. Doesn't anyone care about sending well edited mails anymore?" I have a simple rule, if I can't read it without editing it first, it's probably not worth my time. Do any of you get frustrated by the formatting of email in your inbox?

  3. Re:Sorry, but no. by geophile · · Score: 3, Funny

    Whoa! I can edit the quoted part! THAT'S AWESOME!

    Yours truly,
    L.E.T. Hacker, MSCE

  4. Me too? by J'raxis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Me too!

    -----Original Message-----
    From: cliff@slashdot.org
    Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 06:45:01 +0000
    Subject: Quoting in Emails?

    Shanes asks: "I want to know how slashdot readers feel about the IMO
    ever worse quoting habits of people writing mails. When I started writing
    emails to friends and colleagues over 10 years ago I and everyone else
    quickly learned how to quote. These days most of the bytes in my inbox are
    "Original Message" quotes that Outlook people always include at the end of
    every mail. Doesn't anyone care about sending well edited mails
    anymore?"     I have a simple rule, if I can't read it without editing it
    first, it's probably not worth my time. Do any of you get frustrated by
    the formatting of email in your inbox?

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    Liberty in your lifetime