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<p dir="auto">Benny,</p>
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<div style="white-space:normal"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #777; color:#777; margin:0 0 5px; padding-left:5px"><p dir="auto">I thought I once added a hidden preference for this, but I don't seem to be able to locate it. In other words, it's not (currently) optional. You can of course request it if you like :)</p>
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<p dir="auto">Consider it requested! ;-)</p>
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<div style="white-space:normal"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #777; color:#777; margin:0 0 5px; padding-left:5px"><p dir="auto">Personally, I prefer “in-between” replies like this, but one of the most frequent requests is how to default to top-posting with everything quoted. That's just the world of today (as you also described yourself).</p>
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<p dir="auto">Yes, I prefer in-between quotes too, but I still need to be able to <em>not</em> quote on a daily basis. Ideally this would be configurable on a smart-folder basis.</p>
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<div style="white-space:normal"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #777; color:#777; margin:0 0 5px; padding-left:5px"><p dir="auto">(The main reason that I would not prefer a blank email when nothing is selected is that selecting text involves using the mouse/trackpad. I prefer being able to reply using a keyboard shortcut and then cut text manually.)</p>
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<p dir="auto">As I noted in another post I’ve been having a bit of bother deleting everything in a reply. Some bits seem to get left behind …</p>
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<div style="white-space:normal"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #777; color:#777; margin:0 0 5px; padding-left:5px"><p dir="auto">This could be changed to:<br>
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On %e %b %Y, at %k:%M, ${from.name.first:${from.address}} wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">That’s great. I thought it would be something like that. And I’m well aware it’s not going to work 100% of the time, but it’s close enough for me. Thanks.</p>
<p dir="auto">Cheers<br>
Ian</p>
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