> me to be ready to talk about it in case the subject came up.įinally, QuoteFix removes e-mail signatures when replying to or forwarding messages, so that only the body of the message is quoted. > I didn’t realize that was for a presentation. > and I told you to run with it and present it this week. > We were talking by the water cooler and you had that great idea > Just checking in on the status of your presentation for the meeting. This is useful when replying to or forwarding long discussions where each party has continued to quote the previous message, resulting in text like: Other minor quoting tweaks include the option to remove all quotes above the level (1 to 10) you choose. I also like that QuoteFix removes the blank line between the attribution and quoted text, although if you’d rather keep the blank line, you have that option (in QuoteFix’s preferences, which are accessible via the Mail menu). QuoteFix even correctly places your signature below the cursor. QuoteFix automatically places the attribution line (On, at, wrote:) at the top, followed by the quoted text, with the cursor waiting for you at the bottom. First and foremost, whenever you reply to or forward a message, This flaw can be fixed using QuoteFix, a plug-in for Mail that offers a number of message-quoting fixes. Mail doesn’t even provide an option to top-quote. The problem for people like me is that Mac OS X’s Mail, like Outlook and Gmail, encourages top-posting by automatically putting quoted text at the bottom of replies and forwarded messages, placing the cursor at the top. Of course, Mac Gems isn’t the place to debate e-mail etiquette, so let’s just posit that top-quoting/bottom-posting has been the preferred method of quoting/replying since the early days of Usenet. Interleaved posting (also called inline replying), where you intersperse replies within quoted text, conversation-style, is also a form of bottom-posting. To quote a humorous e-mail signature:Ī: Because it reverses the natural flow of conversation. Top-quoting/bottom-posting is when your reply positions the quoted text–preferably cut down to provide just the necessary context–at the top of the message, with your reply text beneath. But perhaps my most old-school habit is that I still prefer “top-quoting” (a.k.a., bottom-posting) to “bottom-quoting” (a.k.a., top-posting).įor the uninitiated, bottom-quoting/top-posting–which is especially common in messages composed using Microsoft Outlook or Gmail–is when you place the text of your reply at the top of the message, with the entire text of the original message quoted below. For example, I always use plain text instead of styled text or HTML when composing messages. When it comes to e-mail etiquette, I’m old-school. Artificial Intelligence (254) Auto Tech (7) Blockchain (62) CanadianCIO (16) Careers & Education (603) Channel (59) Cloud (1064) Communications & Telecom (75) Companies (64) Data & Analytics (169) Development (22) Digital Transformation (759) Distribution (9) Diversity & Inclusion (25) eCommerce (134) Emerging Tech (36) End User Hardware (65) Engineering (1286) Financial (784) Fintech (95) Future of Work (18) Governance (17) Government & Public Sector (107) Human Resources (2075) Infrastructure (32) IoT (108) ITWC Morning Briefing (5) Leadership (2678) Legal (305) Legislation (99) Managed Services & Outsourcing (46) Marketing (1951) MarTech (6) Medical (339) Mobility (4994) Not For Profit (3) Open Source (139) Operations (5425) People (13) Podcasts (1293) Posts (4121) Privacy (772) Project Management (76) Security (2975) Service (892) Smart Home (49) smart-home (1) SMB (489) Social Networks (416) Software (78) Supply Chain (21) Sustainability (19) Tech in Sports (246) Technology (7111) Women in Tech (74)
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