Convert top-posting email to bottom-posting in Thunderbird
I would like to convert long email conversations from top-posting style to the bottom-posting style so I can paste it to a web page and other people can easily read it from the start to the end and not vice versa.
So far I was looking for a Thunderbird plugin but without any success. I would accept anything what will do the job (script or standalone application), preferably on Linux.
Solution 1:
There is now a Thinderbird addon called Posting Style Enforcer, that converts all messages transparently.
(I know, two years too late)
Solution 2:
Found a C-language program which should do this job on http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=131550.
- I was able to compile it without any problem
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It works. I tried the following
cat top-posted.txt | ./top2bottom > bottom-posted.txt
cat top-posted.txt
No problem. 6pm it is then. --Jim At 10.01am Wednesday, Danny wrote: > Whoa! I need to email a report at 5:30. > Could you push it back an hour? --Danny > > At 9.40am Wednesday, Jim wrote: > >> I'm going to suspend the mail service for approx. thirty >> minutes tonight, starting at 5pm. --Jim
cat bottom-posted.txt
>> I'm going to suspend the mail service for approx. thirty >> minutes tonight, starting at 5pm. --Jim > Whoa! I need to email a report at 5:30. > Could you push it back an hour? --Danny > > At 9.40am Wednesday, Jim wrote: > No problem. 6pm it is then. --Jim At 10.01am Wednesday, Danny wrote: