Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 09:08:33 -0400 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd vs. netbsd Message-ID: <CAGBxaXk3svS9j4EaYnqWCvS4ZW_0wmLyO8=Qa62o66cLi0KnBw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200611143046.2f97b54a@archlinux> References: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de> <20200609120136.00005b3c@seibercom.net> <2393a1e0-b073-950a-78be-9f57d8e9934b@anatoli.ws> <e1f6623a-3b3c-a43e-446a-d41f20f69418@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20200610063555.00003707@seibercom.net> <82F57D0D-E0EC-49F7-824E-20A296C9F549@kicp.uchicago.edu> <250b853a-b436-0e99-b05c-9abd6b6019ef@panix.com> <20200611070630.2cb42786.freebsd@edvax.de> <EA869B95-9D98-4ECC-9371-C57A0035BC32@kreme.com> <20200611091449.383e1d83@archlinux> <53a6833e-db63-2395-4d2e-f05a9b1fb269@boxsci.com> <CAEJNuHyxQ=Bm89wQ_8jPdmSXRDP5zPyHZYFi1XS%2BH6h1mAJZ_A@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaX=V7Jk1LUrsw8KjwcrXNrHMBim2gVe6dTAtR6C6wBPz2w@mail.gmail.com> <20200611112418.0bb0c896b685c84ed8d6a8f6@sohara.org> <CAGBxaXmkDd4h7YkrwkZACM9vzBY5p3L9WqRTBmFtUUBMd_HhGA@mail.gmail.com> <20200611135639.0c07500e@archlinux> <36a71c5c-ccf0-d28d-c6c1-1d9c80873a12@yuripv.dev> <CAGBxaXkb96QKzkA1cnmdKfAarb0Wf6xrbd-kYG5eESa0TtG_Gw@mail.gmail.com> <20200611143046.2f97b54a@archlinux>
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On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 8:31 AM Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions < freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> 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@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. > SquirrelMail for one (I didn't look very deep into what *EVERY* web client does but the first one I found does it and so do all the hosted ones like gmail/hotmail/etc. so I would say a 100% hit rate is pretty clear.... so I challenge you to find a web one that doesn't do it by default [being able to adjust the settings is not the same as "by default"]). 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. > If someone is top posting out of not knowing list convention do you really expect them to have also fully configured anything more then a browser on FreeBSD (and that's if they are lucky)? -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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