Using the two-dash separator when top posting runs the risk of many clients (Thunderbird as a notable example) not displaying any of the message below the separator.
The three-dash separator solution was the result of a lengthy discussion several versions ago when the top-post option was implemented. It has worked perfectly for sometime now, and I and my organization (which is full of top-posters) would complain loudly if it were eliminated.
Arne Berglund System Administrator, Internet Services Lane Education Service District Eugene, OR ____________
On 2013-06-06 11:45, Michael Heydekamp wrote:
Arne,
uh, I must admit that this standard (?) with three sig dashes (without WSP) for top-posted replies is totally new to me, thanks for the input. Is this documented somewhere (RFCs)...? And what's the sense of and reason for it?
My default setting is indeed top-posting, because most people I'm in touch with, are unfortunately not familiar with inline quoting. The problem is, that, depending on the person I'm replying to, I do not always use top-posting. In those cases I'm moving the the sig to the bottom of the mail.
This would lead to a sig with three dashes at the bottom, so I would have to remove one of them manually, whenever I'm moving a sig to the bottom. Not very convenient...
So I think it's better to include a two-dashes-separator in the sig (as I had it before) and always use this one, no matter if top or bottom. Fortunately, RC doesn't touch this, when being part of the sig.
But as we speak, I'd like to emphasize again my proposal to have an option in the addressbook, in which way I want to reply to this particular person.
Cheers,
Michael Heydekamp Co-Admin freexp.de Düsseldorf/Germany
Am 06.06.2013 01:27, schrieb Arne Berglund:
The three dashes is correct for top-posted replies, and should only appear when sig is inserted above the quote. If the sig is below the quote, 0.9.x and earlier then inserts two dashes with WSP.
I don't currently have a git version running, so I can't compare the behavior to the production versions.
This reply is top-posted from 0.9.1.
Arne Berglund System Administrator, Internet Services Lane Education Service District Eugene, OR ____________
On 2013-06-05 15:51, Michael Heydekamp wrote:
I used to include the sig dashes "-- " in all o my my signatures, but as I realized today, Roundcube will add them anyway (if not existent). So I removed them in all signatures of all of my identities.
This leads to the following behaviour:
Composing a new message: All OK.
Replying to to a message: Roundcube creates THREE sig dashes
instead of two ("---"), and without the mandatory WSP at the end of the string.
Strange, uh...?
Cheers,
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