OK! @sam changed this so the new email context default for all Discourse instances is
- no “extra” reply context will be shown
- the email will include the post this was in direct reply to, if it was indeed a direct reply (vs. a @name mention or a blockquote)
You can find this setting in your user prefs:
Include previous replies at the bottom of emails – [never]
Include an excerpt of replied to post in emails – [checked]
So if your argument was
and
There’s too much stuff in the email, which makes it confusing!
This is win-win because
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We now include no extra email context by default, so there’s less to be confused by, but
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We always include the thing this post was in reply to, if it was a direct reply
Based on the year long discussion here and elsewhere, I strongly feel this is a better default for Discourse.