Re: [boost] Help please with Boost Discussion Policy

Subject: Re: [boost] Help please with Boost Discussion Policy
From: Mateusz Łoskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-23 02:42:46

On 23 January 2014 07:41, Mateusz Łoskot <mateusz_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 22 January 2014 23:23, Niall Douglas <s_sourceforge_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> On 22 Jan 2014 at 22:13, Fletcher, John P wrote:
>>
>>> Ideally what I want to do is to switch between the styles so that only
>>> my Boost and related work is in quoted style.
>>
>> Here's what I did while I was working for my former employer and was
>> posting to this list using the corporate email client:
>>
>> 1. Tell Outlook to only ever show Plain Text email.
>
> This works.
>
>> 2. Tell Outlook to only ever quote using indented >'s with a wrap of
>> 74? Whatever it defaults to for wrapping was correct anyway.
>
> This works.
>
>> Both of those options are buried in the menus. One of them may have
>> been in default message options or something. On the ribbon in a
>> compose email box, there is a button for message options which lets
>> you override for that email.
>
> Yes, on Ribbon -> File -> Options -> Mail.
>
>
> But, one little-big problem remains, even in Outlook 2010:
> how do you configure preamble to message quotation
> so it looks properly in the standard format of "John Smith wrote:", like here:
>
> """
> On 22 January 2014 23:23, Niall Douglas <s_sourceforge_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> On 22 Jan 2014 at 22:13, Fletcher, John P wrote:
>>
> """
>
> Even with your suggested configuration, Outlook always uses forward-like format:
>
>
> """
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Niall Douglas
>> Sent: 22 January 2014 23:23
>> To: Fletcher, John P
>> Subject: ...
>>
> """
>
> I do use Outlook daily and I confirm using it for mailing lists is a large PITA,
> so I'm compassionate to John.
> What I do is, use GMail or Thunderbird, both can talk to external
> servers via IMAP.

I forgot to add a little petition "Please, keep bottom-post rule
intact", obviously :)

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz  Łoskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net