word wrap and indentation on replies don't work

[Guest]

Hi!

I've setup Windows Mail to use plain text only and in the plain text
settings word wrap is set to 76 characters and the option of indentation with
">" is checked. However, it's not working properly. The indentation is only
done on some e-mails (haven't figured out a pattern there though) and the
word wrap doesn't seem to work at all.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Matt

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

This has always been a weakness in Outlook Express also.
If an incoming email uses the Quoted-Printable format, when
you reply to it, no indentation with '>' will occur.

As far as word wrap on plain text outgoing messages, I don't use
the auto-wrap feature because it is a bit squirrely. I have the
auto-wrap column set to 130, then I manually hit Enter when
it looks like I'm at column 72 or so.
I wish Windows Mail had a WYSIWYG editor, so you could see
what the composed email will look like after it is reformatted
during the send process.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Hi!

I've setup Windows Mail to use plain text only and in the plain text
settings word wrap is set to 76 characters and the option of indentation
with
">" is checked. However, it's not working properly. The indentation is
only
done on some e-mails (haven't figured out a pattern there though) and the
word wrap doesn't seem to work at all.

In addition to Gary's reply, this also applies to virtually all received
messages that were in HTML, which generally uses MIME/Quoted Printable.

 

[Ron Sommer]

If you save to Drafts, the formatting will be applied.
--
Ronald Sommer

: This has always been a weakness in Outlook Express also.
: If an incoming email uses the Quoted-Printable format, when
: you reply to it, no indentation with '>' will occur.
:
: As far as word wrap on plain text outgoing messages, I don't use
: the auto-wrap feature because it is a bit squirrely. I have the
: auto-wrap column set to 130, then I manually hit Enter when
: it looks like I'm at column 72 or so.
: I wish Windows Mail had a WYSIWYG editor, so you could see
: what the composed email will look like after it is reformatted
: during the send process.
:
: Gary VanderMolen
:
: > Hi!
: >
: > I've setup Windows Mail to use plain text only and in the plain text
: > settings word wrap is set to 76 characters and the option of indentation
with
: > ">" is checked. However, it's not working properly. The indentation is
only
: > done on some e-mails (haven't figured out a pattern there though) and
the
: > word wrap doesn't seem to work at all.
: >
: > Any ideas?
: >
: > Cheers,
: > Matt
:
:

 

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