Question How to reply email and include all the previous email text?

[smalltech]

Hi,

For example:
01 Jan, John emailed me "What are you eating?"
02 Jan, I press the "Reply" button in the 01 Jan email and the text I replied was "I am eating apples"
02 Jan, John will receive my email of my text "I am eating apples" at the top of the email and his text on 01 Jan "What are you eating?" will appear at the bottom of the email
03 Jan, I did not receive anything from John
04 Jan, I want to reply John's email again and add some more info "I am also eating oranges"

How do I reply so that 04 Jan John will receive my email that includes all the text that me and John has written? (my understanding is if on 04 Jan I click on the reply button of John's email on 01 Jan, the text 02 Jan "I am eating apples" will not appear in the 04 Jan email that John receives.

I want 04 Jan email that John receive to look like:
me: "I am also eating oranges"
me: "I am eating apples"
John: "What are you eating?"

Thanks

 

[Aeacus]

Well, depending what e-mailing service you use, but i describe Gmail, since this is what i use.

To achieve what you want, just open up that e-mail conversation and at the bottom of the page, click Reply. This will generate all the current e-mails within the conversation into the text editing area (usually hidden under three dot icon), which you can then click to show all the previous conversation. Then, either edit (remove) what you don't want, or leave it be and type your reply above all that text. Afterwards, make sure recipient is correct and Send it away.

Just make sure you click on Reply button on the latest e-mail sent and not the earliest.