"I have exactly the same problem on my personal email server, ms silently drops my email! Their server replies with OK, but the email is nowhere to be found in the recipient’s inbox."
Slightly tangential ... I heard recently that "proper" in-line responses (ie, not top-posting) is somehow penalized by Microsoft (or Exchange online or Outlook online or ... ?) and was advised to stop my very proper 1990s style in-line email quoting/responding and just top-post to avoid either non-delivery or something like the body of the email not being shown ...
Or something ?
Does anyone know what I am referring to and can shed some light here ?
Yeah, I only bottom-reply when I know (or can reasonably expect, e.g. on a mailing list) that the recipient is using a mail client that's not entirely brain damaged. Otherwise, I'll either top-reply or (if I really do want to respond to things in-line) actually say "See below for responses in-line" to clue in the recipient that yes, there's actually content in this email.
But yeah, that's usually more an issue with the mail client (or perhaps the mail server if it's being exceptionally stupid and modifying emails before final delivery). Top-replies became the norm for some god-forsaken reason, and now clients treat the quote and everything below it as entirely optional to display.
Slightly tangential ... I heard recently that "proper" in-line responses (ie, not top-posting) is somehow penalized by Microsoft (or Exchange online or Outlook online or ... ?) and was advised to stop my very proper 1990s style in-line email quoting/responding and just top-post to avoid either non-delivery or something like the body of the email not being shown ...
Or something ?
Does anyone know what I am referring to and can shed some light here ?