>>>What is this Symbol?

[Walter E.]

If the original message is included in replies to e-mails and to newsgroup
messages, the original message is sometimes preceded by this doohickey " >"
(One or more).

Some of the replies that I receive are not preceded by this symbol. Is this
symbol set by the sender or by the receiver? Where, in Outlook Express, can
this symbol be set?

 

[YK]

If the original message is included in replies to e-mails and to
newsgroup messages, the original message is sometimes preceded by
this doohickey " >" (One or more).

Some of the replies that I receive are not preceded by this symbol.
Is this symbol set by the sender or by the receiver?

The sender if they have the email client set up this way. There are more
email clients than OE.

Where, in Outlook Express, can this symbol be set?

Tools >> Options >> Send >> Plain text settings

 

[YK]

However, if the original message was MIME/Quoted Printable then OE
will not place the quote symbol.

But it will place a > on the first line and if the user is using OE-Quotefix
then a > will be added at the appropriate spot.
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/