From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthias Danzl Subject: Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:27:53 +0200 Message-ID: <4CC18349.6080005@aol.com> References: <87tykgxqbb.fsf@fastmail.fm> <11775.1287632417@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44629 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P9Giz-00037k-U1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:27:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P9Giy-00012F-S6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:27:57 -0400 Received: from mail.mbi-berlin.de ([62.141.169.247]:65402) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P9Giy-000122-Ms for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:27:56 -0400 Received: from [10.6.5.48] ([unknown] [10.6.5.48]) by mail.mbi-berlin.de (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7.0-3.01 64bit (built Dec 9 2008)) with ESMTPSA id <0LAO00FHIYMHPL40@mail.mbi-berlin.de> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:27:55 +0200 (MEST) In-reply-to: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: suvayu ali , Org-mode ml On 10/21/2010 10:10 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > On 20 October 2010 20:40, Nick Dokos wrote: >> Given the mangling that mailers do to replies (e.g. the idiotic default >> top posting of Thunderbird and its ilk), how they handle signatures, and >> the non-standard nature of signatures themselves, I'd say this is pretty >> much hopeless. > > After our discussion yesterday, I did some research. Didn't find > anything +ve. I am considering switching to mutt. :) Hello!! I didn't read the entire thread on this, but I like to add that Thunderbird can be customized in where and how it posts the original message in replies (Account Settings -> Composition). AND it has support for an external editor [0]. I'm using Thunderbird 3 + emacs. You even can use a single Profile cross-platform! However, thanks for boxquote.el, it's pretty nice! [0] http://globs.org/articles.php?pg=2&lng=en Download and install "External Editor" and set it to launch a simple emacsclient