On 10 Jan 2007, at 16:43, George Pearson wrote:
> As canals-list manager, I ENCOURAGE posting of new material below the
> RELEVANT parts of the original messages, like this:
>
> So-and-so wrote:
>
>> Statement #1
>
> Your reply to Statement #1 here.
>
>> Statement #2
>
> Your reply to Statement #2 here.
>
> and so forth ...
It occurs to me that users of mail clients such as Outlook (and OE) who
aren't running quote-fix or something similar won't actually see the
quotes
('>' characters) that George prefixed 'Statement #1' and 'Statement #2'
with, or indeed the quote characters that my own mail client has
inserted
into this response, and will blindly assume that just inserting
responses
into the original text is the recommended approach. A number of
contributors
to this list are "guilty" of doing this, but I suspect it is out of
sheer
ignorance of this issue.
Not being an Outlook or Outlook Express user I can't offer definitive
advice on configuration or where to get quote-fix and how to apply it,
but there are plenty of folks around here who can. I suspect there are
some users of mobile mail clients who are also similarly affected
(naming
no names :-)
If you can't see any '>' characters (or substitute indicator inserted by
your mail client) in the block of text I quoted from George above
(one or
two prefixing every line), you need to seek help...
--
Andy Greener
n.b. Whisper
Pangbourne, UK
http://www.nb-whisper.com
"The human brain starts working the moment you are born, and never
stops until you stand up to speak in public."
