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 Message 2091 
 Oli to Tommi Koivula 
 Testing smartquote 
 19 Oct 19 18:10:37 
 
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TZUTC: 0200
TID: CrashMail II/Linux 1.7
TK> OT>   TK> Ok, It is not the problem with smartquote, it is a
TK> OT>   TK> "feature" of "def_showto on" and how newsclient uses the
TK> OT>   TK> From: field. As you can see, this news client thinks your
TK> OT>   TK> initials are OTK.
TK> OT>
TK> OT> Which news client supports the FL> quoting style? I only use
TK> OT> smartquote, because Thunderbird uses ">" for quotes.
TK>
TK> This Sylpheed supports ftn style quoting, I set up the quote string
TK> as "%I> ", and now it is working just fine.

I've installed Claws Mail (fork of Sylpheed), which has the same feature. It's
not really proper FTN style quoting though. For the first reply level it's
fine, but then it gets messy

TK> OT> TK> OT> TK>
instead of
TK>>>>>

Until there is no dedicated plugin for FTN quotes, smartquote is the best
option (IMHO).

TK> Well, Wilfred is The Police of Everything FTN related. And I like
TK> it! :D

I know ;)

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