It would be nice if one could set their preferences to place their signature above the quoted text when replying to an email.

I know it might not be the best Net-ettiquette (think I even spelled it wrong) - but in Thunderbird, I have my sig automatically placed above the quoted text.

In roundcube I have to scroll to the bottom of the message, grab the sig, then cut and paste it to the top of the new message.

Anyone have any suggestions as to how we might make this happen?

Kevin L.

I hear ya m8 =)
I do the same everywhere... can't stand the idea of someone having to scroll allllll the way down a long quote for ex. just to check my sig (which is something I definetly want people to look at - hence it's purpose )

Let's w8 and see if the devs check this =) (it can be a challenge code-wise... I don't know... maybe not)


ch33rs,
~Levi F. aka EinZteiN

imho top-posting is not very comford to read and therefore cursor should go to the bottom of the mail when replying .. right where the signature is

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I agree...DOWN [sic] WITH TOP POSTING!! The default should be bottom posting, perhaps with an option to use top-posting if you really must (don't do it!).

Seems like this is a question of taste. I personally also prefer the signature above the quoted text...this makes it easier to read for long email chains with different senders.

For all those interested, this is an easy fix in 'app.js'. Simply modify the code as follows:

// add the new signature string
if (this.env.signatures && this.env.signatures[id])
{
sig = this.env.signatures[id];
if (sig.indexOf('--')!=0)
sig = '--\n'+sig;
message += '\n'+sig;
message = '\n\n'+sig+'\n\n'+message;
}

Top/bottom posting is partly an issue of taste, but mostly an issue of netiquette. And common sense.

because it breaks the flow of conversation.
The main reason you should NOT top post is...

But there are plenty of other good reasons [http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html]. Basically, remember that your email is written for someone ELSE to read, not you. Make it easy for the recipient to understand and reply to himself.

That also means not quoting the whoooole message in a reply. As a general rule, if the amount of quoted text in your email is more than your own text, you have probably quoted too much.

I agree with the arguments for bottom-posting. But is there a good script that would really make RoundCube set it's compose page up for bottom posting well?

I'd just like to see it maybe move the cursor below the quoted message and above the signature or something. Thanks for any input!

Thanks for this fix, just what I was looking for!

are you using v0.1-rc2? if so what did you do. the code on v0.1-rc2 is;
when i remove the line message += '\n'+sig; no signature appears.

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ahh i get it now.. replace

message += '\n'+sig;

with
message = '\n\n'+sig+'\n\n'+message;

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