Ottawa Canada The greater than prefix to a line of quoted material is a visual indicator that this line has been quoted from a previous message and is not part of the text of the present message.
Most e-mail programs provide an option to turn off and on the greater than prefix on quoted lines. I personally prefer to turn off the quoted line prefix and precede quoted material with "you or so and so said" on the line above it. Problem with the greater than prefix for quoted lines is most programs do not check for the presence of a greater than with quoted material, so if a message is quoted seven times, the seven e-mail programs that quoted it will happily insert their own greater than, resulting in seven of the little monsters. It can get to where there seem to be more greater than signs on the line than quoted material! But this is why they are used. Brian Brian K. Lingard email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 New York NY Tel +1 (646) 797-2862 FAX +1 (613) 247-9998 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.0/929 - Release Date: 31/07/2007 5:26 PM ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
