[horde] Fwd: Email text copied twice in reply

[simon at simonandkate.net]

Quoting Simon B <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>> On 8 Jul 2013 14:45,  
<simon at simonandkate.net> wrote:
>>
>> Forgive the top posting in this, but I have no idea where it will
> actually end up in the email...
>>
>> See issue below - I have noticed recently when responding to emails over
> ActiveSync, whether from iPad or my S4, that my reply is often hard to find
> in the quoted text, and that the original text is repeated.
>>
>> The forwarded email below was simply me replying to the 'when I reply to
> an email...' line with a single line ('or this') placed manually at the
> bottom of the reply email. The compose window in iPad does not replicate
> what is actually sent, you only see a single quote, but double is sent. If
> I leave the iPad top-posting, then the email is quoted first, then my
> reply, then the email again, making it difficult to find.
>>
>> Does not happen from Imp, only over AS.
>>
>> Ay ideas? Something to do with the preference about where replies are
> placed?
>
> I complained about this a while ago. From my android device people thought
> I was sending empty emails as replies since the text was inserted all the
> way at the bottom..
>
> I don't remember the explanation and didn't quite understand it. I just
> gave up replying to long mails from my phone or forwarding them and adding
> my comments if I absolutely had to.
>
> Since then I've gained a iOS device for work, iPhone 4s,  and that doesn't
> have an issue, so I assumed it was a client issue on android since I use
> enhanced email, but I haven't had time to test that theory (using stock
> might not help, it might be a issue with the AS version).
>
> Simon
>
On 08/07/2013, at 10:52 PM, Simon B <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 8 Jul 2013 14:45, <simon at simonandkate.net> wrote:
> >
> > Forgive the top posting in this, but I have no idea where it will  
> actually end up in the email...
> >
> > See issue below - I have noticed recently when responding to  
> emails over ActiveSync, whether from iPad or my S4, that my reply is  
> often hard to find in the quoted text, and that the original text is  
> repeated.
> >
> > The forwarded email below was simply me replying to the 'when I  
> reply to an email...' line with a single line ('or this') placed  
> manually at the bottom of the reply email. The compose window in  
> iPad does not replicate what is actually sent, you only see a single  
> quote, but double is sent. If I leave the iPad top-posting, then the  
> email is quoted first, then my reply, then the email again, making  
> it difficult to find.
> >
> > Does not happen from Imp, only over AS.
> >
> > Ay ideas? Something to do with the preference about where replies  
> are placed?
>
> I complained about this a while ago. From my android device people  
> thought I was sending empty emails as replies since the text was  
> inserted all the way at the bottom..
>
> I don't remember the explanation and didn't quite understand it. I  
> just gave up replying to long mails from my phone or forwarding them  
> and adding my comments if I absolutely had to.
>
> Since then I've gained a iOS device for work, iPhone 4s,  and that  
> doesn't have an issue, so I assumed it was a client issue on android  
> since I use enhanced email, but I haven't had time to test that  
> theory (using stock might not help, it might be a issue with the AS  
> version).
>
> Simon
>

Replying on iPad here, and I see from the top of the compose screen my  
email, your reply under that, and now I am responding at the bottom.  
Nothing else.

Let's see what gets sent.

Simon.