[horde] Fwd: Email text copied twice in reply

[simon at simonandkate.net]

Quoting 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.
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>
> 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.
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I've deleted most of that for clarity, but that last email shows what  
it's doing... Full text twice is sent, despite not being composed that  
way. If I leave reply at the top (iPad default) it ends up in the  
middle of the quotes.

Simon.