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Re: Removing the indent-string quote marker '>' in emails.



On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:26:59 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:

> I see this:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------+-----------------------
> Message                                         | Comments
> ------------------------------------------------+-----------------------
>                                                 | poster names deleted
>                                                 |
>     quote  from original post                   | [original poster] ... 
>                                            |
>                                                 |
>    first  reply - part one                      | [poster two] ...      
>                                       |
>                                                 |
>   second  reply                                 | [poster three] ..     
>                                         |
>                                                 |
>    first  reply - part two                      | [poster two] ...      
>                                       |
>                                                 |
> Third  reply from some user                     | [poster four] ...     
>                                        |
> ------------------------------------------------+-----------------------
> 
> . . . 
> 
> I have checked the raw messages by running less against the mailbox and
> the '>' have indeed disappeared into thin air, so it's not a case of my
> mailer not doing his job.

Blame the WYGIWYS/html mailer! 

They are the actual reason why the indenting instead of nested '>'s. If 
you ever use those mailer following discussions, you will remember those 
grey vertical bars at the beginning of the lines indicating the indent 
levels -- The stupid M$ is again trying to be "smart" and "helpful" here 
-- you get "nice" visual clue. But!, when you copy them into pure text, 
the above is exactly what you got. I just hate it.

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