Hmmm... that seems to have solved the problem when I hit reply (I don't
see them as I type this), but I still get the gray bars occasionaly when
browsing messages that are replies (e.g. in the view window, not a reply
window). The application of the graphical quote bars seems sporadic and
buggy at best--sometimes it applies them, other times not.
>> One "feature" that bugs the hell out of me is the automatic conversion
>> of >'s in mail and news replies to vertical gray bars. This wreaks
>> havoc in the Python newsgroup, for example, where some session code
>> like this...
>>
>> >>> spam = "asdf"
>> >>> 1 + 2
>> 3
>> >>>
>>
>> looks more like this...
>>
>> ||| spam = "asdf"
>> ||| 1 + 2
>> 3
>> |||
>>
>> Except with really ugly gray vertical lines. It's not just for this
>> Python newsgroup, either. I just don't like the bars period. This
>> really needs to be an option to turn off. If you can turn it off
>> somewhere, I haven't found the option yet.
>>
>> Luke
>>
>
> Close Mozilla and add (or change) the following lines in your prefs.js
> file using a plain text editor (like Notepad):
>
> user_pref("mail.quoted_graphical", false);
> user_pref("mail.quoteasblock", false);
>
> [z]
>
