Andy Greener wrote:
<snip>
> 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 affected1. OE6 (I can't remember earlier versions) can put the ">" in for you (checkbox in the "Plain Text Settings") - *but* you need to set the system to send mail in plain text only - in the "Send" tab of the options, and don't check the "reply to mail in the format they were sent", because if it arrives as HTML then you will reply in HTML!, then you can only top post and get a thick line to the left of the original text -yuk... 2. Quote fix is a must IMHO. With care you even delete the OE link in the start menu and replace it with a link to the quote fix launcher (one runs the launcher, that in turns runs OE) - or like me you can put the link to the QF launcher in Mailwasher, so after a quick spam clearout it starts OE with QF. Also with QF the line colour is different according to the number of "<" at the start - makes the interleaved answers even easier to spot. FWIW I prefer bottom posts. Sadly I have to do the reverse at work! Bl**dy Groupwise (I hate it even more than Outlook.... - it has only one minor saving grace - for internal mail you can retract the mail before it gets read, if you send in error) Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
