Unable to use original text prefix character

[waterrockets]

I want to use a '>' to prefix original text in replies and forwards. I
have it set up to do so in my options, but it still just uses the blue
bars around the original text.

I think the options are just being ignored. Even if I force plain text
format, it still composes in HTML unless I change it manually in the
new message's toolbar.

Anyone have any ideas on this? My IT guy cleared my profile and it had
no effect on the problem.

Thanks!

 

[Brian Tillman]

I want to use a '>' to prefix original text in replies and forwards. I
have it set up to do so in my options, but it still just uses the blue
bars around the original text.

I think the options are just being ignored. Even if I force plain text
format, it still composes in HTML unless I change it manually in the
new message's toolbar.

Replies always use the format of the original mesage unless you manually
change it with the compose window's Format menu.

Anyone have any ideas on this? My IT guy cleared my profile and it had
no effect on the problem.

With Outlook 2002 and 2003 you can have all mail converted to plain text if
you wish, then the ">" options will work. And to make the task even easier,
a tool like
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/ is worthwhile.

 

[waterrockets]

Thanks. Converting incoming messages to plain text works, but it stinks
because everybody emails me in HTML with images and such.

Why can't we just have some reasonable internet quoting in an HTML
message? Ugh.

-Mike

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks. Converting incoming messages to plain text works, but it
stinks because everybody emails me in HTML with images and such.

I prefer it, myself. There's very, very little information conveyed in
formatting that is not in the text of the message itself and Plain Text in
no way prevents the attachment of images, so if people send you non-embedded
images, you should still see them.

Why can't we just have some reasonable internet quoting in an HTML
message? Ugh.

HTML is inherently a formatted environment that specifies a specific
presentation. Trying to reformat an HTML message to contain information
added by the replyer to be embedded in the original message itself, with its
own formatting, while keeping the formatting of the original text
surrounding the added information seems fraught with difficulty and nearly
impossible to do correctly.

 

[waterrockets]

HTML is inherently a formatted environment that specifies a specific

presentation. Trying to reformat an HTML message to contain information
added by the replyer to be embedded in the original message itself, with its
own formatting, while keeping the formatting of the original text
surrounding the added information seems fraught with difficulty and nearly
impossible to do correctly.

Agreed, but that's not what I want. All I want to do is eliminate the
blue quoting bars, and insert '>' at the beginning of each line. It
would be adequate if I could work in HTML, and just convert the
original message to plain text with '>' quoting, inserting <CR> at
column 75. I wish I had a checkbox for that.

I could write a quick utility, but using it would require an extra step
for each reply.

-Mike