Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:33:23 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Stupid Virus going arround. Message-ID: <20011128163322.GB29228@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <20011128022805.A2150@northernbrewer.com> References: <15363.48584.202273.470447@guru.mired.org> <022901c17761$b431a510$fd6e34c6@mlevy> <15363.49761.411744.990323@guru.mired.org> <59350765.20011127112338@mindspring.com> <20011127191156.GD452@nabokov.afc.vw.com> <02b101c1776b$e72b38a0$fd6e34c6@mlevy> <15364.23207.328491.247555@guru.mired.org> <20011128070420.GB39649@nabokov.afc.vw.com> <20011128072412.GA20379@keyslapper.org> <20011128022805.A2150@northernbrewer.com>
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--1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/28/01 02:28 AM, Christopher Farley sat at the `puter and typed: > Louis LeBlanc (leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org) wrote: >=20 > > Mutt allows you to use emacs, vi, or vim as your composer/viewer, in > > addition to the no frills (even compared to vi) builtin composer. You > > can even configure it to color certain text to indicate headers, > > quotes, addresses, etc., just by tweaking a mail.vim config.=20 >=20 > While we're on the subject of editor/mail user agent interactions: > What is it that causes all lines in the message body beginning with the= =20 > word 'From' to be indented with a '>'?? >=20 > I see an astonishing number of email messages like this, and I've never= =20 > really spent the time to figure out whether it was mutt, vim, postfix, > or procmail doing this.=20 >=20 > From from from >=20 > ^^ This line was composed with no leading '>', but by the time it gets > sent to the list, and sent back to my mailbox, it will contain one. Only in the response. '>' is a standard quote lead. I notice you're using Mutt 1.2.5 (You might want to upgrade to the latest mutt-devel). When your message comes back to you in the list, it should not be indented, but notice my reply does indent your text. Read the Mutt docs for the following directives: set attribution=3D"On %d, %n sat at the \`puter and typed:" set indent_string=3D"> " # how to quote replied text This is how I have these directives in my muttrc. It is possible to change the indent string, but in general it just makes things more difficult for others to read and decipher. For instance, some people like to use the '|' char, but if they reply to a message in which a regexp uses that character at a line wrap, it hoses the context. You can set your attribution however you want, and the docs describe a pretty good set of metachars that can be used to duplicate anything from the date to the subject of the message being replied to (IIRC). HTH Lou --=20 Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org =D4=BF=D4=AC critic, n.: A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8BRHSeAPWYrNkRWIRAgjCAJ4kHhArRdZKOSo5xFD5ZET3r1yMvQCfcG3D E4UrV0YND8V2ZbGM14ljALw= =tUQ6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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