Paka & Dave, et al -- ...and then Patrick Shanahan said... % % * Dave Howorth <dave@howorth.org.uk> [02-15-20 07:09]: % > On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 12:28:29 +0100 % > "Carlos E.R." <robin.listas@gmx.es> wrote: % > ... % > > It works in Thunderbird if the char is ">". That if the mail is ... % > % > so you're relying on RFC 3676, which says: % > % > "4.1. Interpreting Format=Flowed % > % > "If the first character of a line is a quote mark (">"), the line is % > considered to be quoted ..." % > % > That is, '>' is the canonical quote character in email and some (most?) % > MUAs treat it specially as a result. That is, indeed, the default. It must in fact be escaped by an MTA should it otherwise occur as the first character of a line, which makes for fun. That of course does not mean that it is the *only* option; there is no corresponding "must" associated with quoting. It is, IMNSHO, a poor MUA or MTA or editor (when a part of an MUA) which cannot configure alternate quoting characters. % > % > People who don't use '>' for quoting are arbitrarily making the world a % > worse place, IMHO, with no discernible benefit that I can see. Actually, using different quoting characters makes it much easier to clearly identify who said in an active conversation. Beyond about three quote levels, it becomes very difficult to keep track of the depth and which lines belong to whom when everyone uses the same character. % % Those are the individuals who believe standards and list netiquette are % not meant for them. They believe that being non-conformists is reason % enough to do as they damn well please. There are, indeed, those folks. There are also folks who have been sending email and posting news since before MIME was a thing and who may in fact not even use MIME encoding anyway. Not everyone who does things differently does so without care; sometimes there are actual resons and/or preferences. Didn't Carlos and I have a very similar discussion back in 1991 or so? :-) Have a great weekend! :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org