freebsd vs. netbsd

[Valeri Galtsev]

On 6/11/20 7:30 AM, Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:15:04 -0400, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 8:03 AM Yuri Pankov <yuripv at yuripv.dev> wrote:
>>
>>> Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 06:49:47 -0400, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
>>>>> As to the comment of how common top posting is or not almost
>>>>> every web based MUA defaults to it
>>>>
>>>> Could you mention a few FLOSS BSD or Linux MUAs that by default
>>>> sets the cursor above the quoted text?
>>>
>>> FWIW, Thunderbird does that by default in new accounts, you have to
>>> configure it to do otherwise.
>>
>> So does every other GUI/web MUA.   I don't know why it is so hard for
>> the FreeBSD community to get that conventions have changed (for better
>> or worse I don't know but they have).  I have even had people complain
>> about not top-posting because "I can't find your reply" and thus
>> almost the entire world (except for a few technical mailing lists)
>> either accepts or encourages top-posting.
> 
> I seriously doubt that there are a lot GUI or TUI MUAs available for
> BSD or Linux that do that by default. Just mentioning one, Thunderbird
> and then claiming every other does, too, is weak. I'm not aware of one.
> Evolution doesn't, Sylpheed doesn't, Claws-Mail doesn't. IIRC KMail and
> Wanderlust didn't when I used them. Probably no other does, I just
> mentioned those I'm still using or I used a while back.

I agree, and would add that my mail client does put my reply above the 
message I respond by default. Nonetheless, I learned to avoid top 
posting. It is easy: if you put some effort into reading and 
comprehending message, you can put a bit of effort into following 
etiquette of the mailing list you sending your message to.

The logic of me having my reply above message by default is: I usually 
communicate person-to-person with people I do something for. And my 
latest reply is the most important thing I want them to read. 
Occasionally, people send multi issue/question mail, which makes it 
harder to track what was done what wasn't. And in this case I have to 
send "in line" responses to them. Still, mail clients I use are fully 
configurable in what they do by default, and I do go through whole their 
configuration when I add account. Too many "garbage" settings are made 
"on" by default these days in many mail clients and web browsers. Even 
coming from honorable Mozilla foundation.

Valeri

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Valeri Galtsev
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