This mark > in an e-mail

abx · 30th December 2006

When I reply to an e-mail message, there is a > mark on each line. How can I reply without having those > marks show up? Thank you very much.

**Christer** · 30th December 2006

I believe those > are quote marks ( a reference to the message you received) at the beginning of each line. Nothing much (to my knowledge) to do other than DEL - "page down arrrow" - DEL - "page down arrow" - and so on ...

Christer

**Zander** · 31st December 2006

In Outlook Express click tools>options>send tab. Where it says mail sending format, click the plain text settings button. You'll find what you're looking for there. Just uncheck the line related to this.

**r.leale** · 1st January 2007

Hi abx,

If you are replying to a friend's e-mail, and not replying on a business matter, I find it is always nicer not to use the "Reply" button but to start a new message to them. This way their old message is not quoted and, to me at least, it seems more friendly.
We all have our little quirks, don't we?

Roger

armestier · 1st January 2007

r. leale--You do not have to have the original message displayed when you use Reply. OE Tools|Options|Send tab, uncheck "Include message in reply"|Apply|OK.
Of course if you prefer to make it easy to refer to the original message when replying (as I do) I leave that setting checked, and before I send, I highlight the original message and click Delete.

**r.leale** · 1st January 2007

Hi Armestier,

When I replied to the original I didn't know that he was using OE - should have asked because I don't.

Roger

**Johanna** · 26th January 2007

http://www.dsoft.com.tr/stripmail/
Nothing to install, works with more than just OE. Will remove all the caret marks in a click or two.
Johanna

**Steve R Jones** · 26th January 2007

Or you can copy n paste the mail into NotePad or MS Word and Edit->Find and Replace and replace the > with "blank."

Rocco · 27th January 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by abx

When I reply to an e-mail message, there is a > mark on each line. How can I reply without having those > marks show up? Thank you very much.

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**TonyT** · 28th January 2007

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