From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.util.phx.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k51BbqFd023361 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 07:37:52 -0400 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k51Bbpdl017990 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 07:37:51 -0400 Received: from vscan01.westnet.com.au (vscan01.westnet.com.au [203.10.1.131]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k51BbjmQ022061 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 07:37:45 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id 976303D3978; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 19:37:21 +0800 (WST) Received: from vscan01.westnet.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (vscan01.westnet.com.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21240-04; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 19:37:21 +0800 (WST) Received: from data.home (dsl-58-6-126-19.qld.westnet.com.au [58.6.126.19]) by vscan01.westnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B93E3D39B2; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 19:37:20 +0800 (WST) Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 1FllUf-0005tY-00; Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:37:37 +1000 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:37:37 +1000 (EST) From: Geoff Shang To: "M. Fioretti" , Linux for blind general discussion In-Reply-To: <20060601101932.GE4483@mclink.it> Message-ID: References: <20060601101932.GE4483@mclink.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-RedHat-Spam-Score: 0.05 X-loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Cc: Subject: Re: What is the best email quoting for blind users? X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: junk Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:37:53 -0000 Hi, Most lists tend to have their own rules about this sort of thing. Here are my views, in no particular order: 1. I prefer to have the > signs in replies, so I know what is quoting and what is not. 2. I prefer not to have > signs in forwards, as they serve no real purpose and multiple forwards can end up with multiple >'s at the start of each line, which is tedious to say the least. 3. Most screen readers I know of can be configured not to speak the > sign. 4. I know of at least one Email client, pine, which can be configured to not display quoted material. It may well rely on the presence of > signs however. 5. Several Email clients allow you to configure the quote character or disable it entirely. Pine even allows you the ability to edit it on a per message basis. 6. Some lists prefer the so-called jepardy style of quoting (i.e. answers first). I don't, since it means that you can't intermingle quoted text with your responses. 7. Jepardy style quoting is most often on lists with Windows users, where the OUtlook family of Email clients is set to include the original message by default, which most Blind people may not even be aware of. This can often result in an entire thread being quoted right back to the beginning with most having no idea that it's happening. But now I'm digressing. Geoff.