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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. Sorry, but no. by hogsback · · Score: 1, Troll

    Do any of you get frustrated by the formatting of email in your inbox?

    No.

    Our whole company uses outlook. Everybody uses the default quoting system


    Yes, they do.

    --- original message ---
    from : Bob
    subject : v. important

    Do the widgets work?

    -- original message --
    from : Boris
    subject : v.important

    Got any questions about the widgets?



    That works for me

    1) The most important information is at the top.

    2) I can archive a single mail and have saved the whole discussion.

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    Hogsback
  2. Dredging the bottom, a haiku by Linux_ho · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nothing but a whine
    Slashdot stretching for content
    Why is this headlined?

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    1;
  3. Wow this question acutally got on /. [nt] by Alpha27 · · Score: 0, Troll

    [nt]