kocks@jessica.Stanford.EDU (Peter Kocks) (02/24/90)
I know this is a trivial question, but how do you reply to a message so that you get the ">" to the left of the person's mail? You know, the way almost everybody replies to mail. Thanks in advance. Send reply to kocks@jessica.Stanford.EDU
davy@ITSTD.SRI.COM (02/25/90)
From: Peter Kocks <shelby!portia!jessica!kocks@decwrl.dec.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 90 16:52:12 GMT
Subject: How to reply with ">" inserted
I know this is a trivial question, but how do you reply to a message
so that you get the ">" to the left of the person's mail? You know,
the way almost everybody replies to mail.
Dug this up from my old MH mail... dunno if it works, since personally
I find the ">" convention repulsive. But enough people ask this question,
I knew saving it would be a Good Thing...
--Dave Curry
From: "Brandon S. Allbery" <metavax!oxtrap!hal!ncoast!allbery%umix.cc.umich.edu@ICS.UCI.EDU>
Date: 2 Jul 88 23:05:58 GMT
Subject: Re: replies
Bah, humbug. Try this on for size:
body:component="> ",compwidth=0,formatfield="%<(null)> %|%(putstr)%>"
^ ^
To use a different insert character (I use "|") change the characters
pointed to by the carets (^). (I don't know if the "compwidth=0" is
necessary, but "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" -- it took me 3 years to
figure out the incantation above, I'm not going to risk losing it!)