Some messages don't show quoted text marks

I'm set up in OE 6.0 to use plain text for mail and news. I have show quoted
text in reply checked.
Most of the time I get the marks when I bring up a reply to a message.
I've noticed that on some email I receive, when I hit reply, the text of the
message I'm answering is there but without the marks.
I vaguely recall something about some people using email programs that won't
show the marks in the reply as you bring it up to answer the mail, but I
can't remember what the answer was to solving it.
Naturally, when answering a long email with insertions, its an advantage to
have those marks showing.
Is there a way to handle these messages that don't show the marks that
will insert them or is this just something you learn to live with :-)) ???
Many thanks
Dudley

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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I'm set up in OE 6.0 to use plain text for mail and news. I have show
quoted text in reply checked.
Most of the time I get the marks when I bring up a reply to a message.
I've noticed that on some email I receive, when I hit reply, the text of
the message I'm answering is there but without the marks.
I vaguely recall something about some people using email programs that
won't show the marks in the reply as you bring it up to answer the mail,
but I can't remember what the answer was to solving it.
Naturally, when answering a long email with insertions, its an advantage
to have those marks showing.
Is there a way to handle these messages that don't show the marks that
will insert them or is this just something you learn to live with :-))
???
Many thanks
Dudley


If the message you are responding to used the MIME/Quoted Printable encoding
then OE will not place the quote mark in front of the quoted material.
Outlook Express has always been like this on purpose. We have complained
about this since OE4.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Please reply in newsgroup. Do NOT send email.

Thanks Frank. I thought it might be something like that. Perhaps by OE
10.0!! :-))
Dudley


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
...
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
I'm set up in OE 6.0 to use plain text for mail and news. I have show
quoted text in reply checked.
Most of the time I get the marks when I bring up a reply to a message.
I've noticed that on some email I receive, when I hit reply, the text of
the message I'm answering is there but without the marks.
I vaguely recall something about some people using email programs that
won't show the marks in the reply as you bring it up to answer the
mail, but I can't remember what the answer was to solving it.
Naturally, when answering a long email with insertions, its an advantage
to have those marks showing.
Is there a way to handle these messages that don't show the marks that
will insert them or is this just something you learn to live with :-))
???
Many thanks
Dudley


If the message you are responding to used the MIME/Quoted Printable
encoding then OE will not place the quote mark in front of the quoted
material. Outlook Express has always been like this on purpose. We have
complained about this since OE4.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Please reply in newsgroup. Do NOT send email.

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Thanks Frank. I thought it might be something like that. Perhaps by OE
10.0!! :-))


There will be no more versions of OE.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Please reply in newsgroup. Do NOT send email.

Ouch! Well, in that case, I guess the answer will be for me to write to the
people sending me messages in this format and get them to stop doing it :-))
Sort of like when you go to the doctor and say
"it hurts when I do THIS"
and he answers,
"Don't DO that!"
:-))

Dudley

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
...
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Thanks Frank. I thought it might be something like that. Perhaps by OE
10.0!! :-))


There will be no more versions of OE.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Please reply in newsgroup. Do NOT send email.

MIME/Quoted Printable is appropriate for HTML messages but not for plain
text.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve
neither liberty or security"

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Ouch! Well, in that case, I guess the answer will be for me to write to
the people sending me messages in this format and get them to stop doing
it :-))
Sort of like when you go to the doctor and say
"it hurts when I do THIS"
and he answers,
"Don't DO that!"
:-))

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
...
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Thanks Frank. I thought it might be something like that. Perhaps by OE
10.0!! :-))


There will be no more versions of OE.

I'll have this person switch to plain text messaging. We correspond quite
often and that would seem the best solution.
Thanks Frank, as always.
Dudley


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message
...
MIME/Quoted Printable is appropriate for HTML messages but not for plain
text.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
deserve neither liberty or security"

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Ouch! Well, in that case, I guess the answer will be for me to write to
the people sending me messages in this format and get them to stop doing
it :-))
Sort of like when you go to the doctor and say
"it hurts when I do THIS"
and he answers,
"Don't DO that!"
:-))

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
...
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Thanks Frank. I thought it might be something like that. Perhaps by OE
10.0!! :-))


There will be no more versions of OE.