truncating quoted text in emails
Hello!
While trying to follow patch reviews on this list I noticed that (subjectively?) quite a few replies completely quote the original email and then just add a few lines. That looks fine in GMail where the quoted text is folded, but not so much in mail readers where quoted text is unfolded (Evolution).
A random example:
http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2016-November/128861.html
Not sure what the netiquette is for this list, but at least I would appreciate a bit more aggressive trimming in replies - thanks! ;-}
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Best Regards, Patrick Ohly The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter.
Quoted 8 lines · Patrick Ohly
Hello!
While trying to follow patch reviews on this list I noticed that (subjectively?) quite a few replies completely quote the original email and then just add a few lines. That looks fine in GMail where the quoted text is folded, but not so much in mail readers where quoted text is unfolded (Evolution).
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A random example:
http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/
2016-November/128861.htmlNot sure what the netiquette is for this list, but at least I would appreciate a bit more aggressive trimming in replies - thanks! ;-}
We might as well try to agree on an editor to use ;)
Bruce
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Quoted 17 lines · Bruce Ashfield
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Patrick Ohly <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello!
While trying to follow patch reviews on this list I noticed that (subjectively?) quite a few replies completely quote the original email and then just add a few lines. That looks fine in GMail where the quoted text is folded, but not so much in mail readers where quoted text is unfolded (Evolution).
A random example:
http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2016-November/128861.html
<http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2016-November/128861.html>
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Not sure what the netiquette is for this list, but at least I would appreciate a bit more aggressive trimming in replies - thanks! ;-}
We might as well try to agree on an editor to use ;)
I would expect the users to be aware and do the needed. Worst case your email wont be read or replied to.
Quoted 6 lines · On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:36:28 Patrick Ohly wrote:
While trying to follow patch reviews on this list I noticed that (subjectively?) quite a few replies completely quote the original email and then just add a few lines. That looks fine in GMail where the quoted text is folded, but not so much in mail readers where quoted text is unfolded (Evolution).
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A random example:
http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2016-November/1288
61.htmlNot sure what the netiquette is for this list, but at least I would appreciate a bit more aggressive trimming in replies - thanks! ;-}
I completely agree. I really prefer not to have to wade through the entire quoted text of a long patch email only to read something like "ACK" at the end. (By all means quote specific parts that you want to respond to in detail.)
Still, better to have some reply than no reply, I suppose.
Cheers,
Paul
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Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre