Question for everyone -- particularly those that reply to messages using their phones (an honest question, I'm not trying to be a jerk): Is it very difficult to trim quoted text that you are not replying to? On Python List I'm a stickler for kicking back messages where large parts of a previous email (usually the whole thing) are quoted for apparently no good reason as I feel such replies seriously drop the signal-to-noise ratio. However, this list is very low traffic, so if trimming quoted text is a huge pain when using phone email I could stop worrying about that. Thoughts? -- ~Ethan~
On Jan 25, 2017, at 9:24 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
Is it very difficult to trim quoted text that you are not replying to?
It is generally more difficult than on the computer because accurately highlighting a single line of text is more annoying, and going through and clicking through an email to delete and type inline replies is a lot more annoying and finicky as well. I also think a large part of it is just that a lot of popular email clients (particularly gmail) completely hide the post you’re responding to in the reply with a little show/hide widget. — Donald Stufft
For me, yes it's impossible. I literally cannot modify the post below the line, and copy-pasting the relevant quotes is far from convenient. In general, I try to avoid replying from my phone if any of my four PCs are close, but often it's the difference between replying and never-replying. My signature is my apology, and also redirecting blame where it belongs :) (I'll get a new phone when I need one - so far it fulfils my needs just fine.) Top-posted from my Windows Phone -----Original Message----- From: "Ethan Furman" <ethan@stoneleaf.us> Sent: 1/25/2017 18:25 To: "Python Security SIG" <security-sig@python.org> Subject: [Security-sig] email & phones Question for everyone -- particularly those that reply to messages using their phones (an honest question, I'm not trying to be a jerk): Is it very difficult to trim quoted text that you are not replying to? On Python List I'm a stickler for kicking back messages where large parts of a previous email (usually the whole thing) are quoted for apparently no good reason as I feel such replies seriously drop the signal-to-noise ratio. However, this list is very low traffic, so if trimming quoted text is a huge pain when using phone email I could stop worrying about that. Thoughts? -- ~Ethan~ _______________________________________________ Security-SIG mailing list Security-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/security-sig
Thanks for the responses. I'll stop blocking large phone replies and investigate being able to strip extra content below the "top posted from my windows phone" line. And thanks for your patience -- as you can probably tell, I don't do email from my phone so had no reference points. -- ~Ethan~
On 26 January 2017 at 03:24, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
However, this list is very low traffic, so if trimming quoted text is a huge pain when using phone email I could stop worrying about that.
In the gmail mobile client, deleting the entire quoted post is straightforward, but trimming it when quoting bits selectively is a PITA. Basically, it's set up on the assumption that all recipients will be using a client that autohides quoted text, and only expands it when requested to do so. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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