On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 17:56 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 11:02 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > I am having a problem in bottom posting in replies to messages coming > >> > from Windows machines. If I hit return at the bottom of the message I > >> > get a line preceded by a < and I can't get rid of the <. > >> > > >> > I only noticed this recently so I don't know if this is a Vista problem > >> > an Evolution problem or something else. > >> > > >> > Has anyone else noticed this and knows how to solve the problem? > >> > >> Yes, I've had this, and not just from Windows users. IIRC it happens > >> when someone sends a HTML-formatted mail without a plaintext > >> alternative part. Evo treats the message (or each paragraph, I forget) > >> as a single block and gets very uppity when you try to edit it. The > >> solution (after yelling at the person who sent you the message of > >> course) is to place the cursor to the right of the block and hit > >> return. Evo will treat the block as a single line and give you a new > >> line at the bottom. > >> > >> poc > >> > > That does not work for me. I get a new line starting with a '>'. > > It does work with the usual Linux mail. > > Do you see an dotted rectangle around the quoted text? If so, place > the cursor outside it and hit return. If there is no rectangle, we may > be talking at cross purposes. > > poc > I am not sure what quoted text you are referring to. It may be what I am calling Windows mail is really html mail so that is the real problem. I iwll have to check more carefully next time. -- ======================================================================= Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. -- Quentin Crisp ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
