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Roelof Otten, [RO] wrote:

hyc>> How to put "| " or other self-defined style in front of each line
hyc>> of the quoted text but without ">"?

RO> Cannot be easily done, takes a lot of fancy stuff. Insert the macro
RO> from
RO> http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/Library.html?category=Miscellaneous#boxquotes
RO> into your reply template and replace %-%COMMENT='%CLIPBOARD'%- with
RO> %-%COMMENT='%Text'%- and you should be a bit on your way.

I forgot to mention that changing the prefix should be done only when
you know that the recipient doesn't mind it that way. '>' is a standard
prefix and many e-mail clients, including TB!, recognize only that quote
prefix. As a result, if you use an alternative quote prefix, clients
that recognize only '>' as a quote prefix will not recognize your quoted
text as being a quotation. As a result:

     - your quoted text may end up not being coloured by the recipients
     client. When the quotes are in a different colour, it makes visual
     differentiation of quotes from new text much easier.

     - some clients, like TB! are able to reflow quoted text. If your
     prefix isn't recognized then it will be mixed up in the quoted
     text upon reflow.

     - the quote prefix will not be handled correctly when the text is
     being requoted multiple times.

So, although the '>' may appear ugly or you wish your quotes to appear
special or different from that of others, consider the problems that may
result from doing this.

Of course, if your recipient is happy with it, then by all means go
ahead.

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