[PLUG] Fwd: Email Quoting Fix for Outlook and OE!

[Daggett, Steve]

  Here's a link to an Outlook hack that fixes some of Outlooks and OE's
quoting problems.  (I hope this don't set off another salvo in the
posting/quoting wars.)  

ObDisclosure:
I haven't tried it myself, but others say it works.  
It may be buggy or insecure.  
Forwarded w/o permission from another list.  

Steve D...

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Erston wrote:
> Remember the collective rant session we had a while back about Outlook
> and it's annoying quoting styles?  How we love outlook but can't stand
> how it refuses to properly quote previous messages in plain text?
> 
> Well, I think I've found an almost perfect solution for Outlook:
> 
> Outlook-QuoteFix
> http://flash.to/outlook-quotefix/
> 
> There is also one for Outlook Express called OE-QuoteFix here:
> http://flash.to/oe-quotefix/
> 
> It appears to be the silver bullet for Outlook's email reply
> annoyances:
> * fixes the header the way it should (and is customizable)
> * properly wraps and inserts quotation characters (see below)
> * Moves your sig AND cursor to the bottom
> * Strips out sigs from the email you're replying to
> * Heck, it even tries to fix incorrect quotation
> 
> Geek: It's a separate app that calls up outlook and can be set to quit
> when outlook does.  It minimizes to the system tray, right click it to
> configure.
> 
> Nongeek: Configuration isn't brain dead, so if you want this but can't
> figure out how, let me know and I'll email you the setup I've found to
> make it behave properly.
> 
> The only thing I've noticed so far is that it ads the extra space
> behind the quotation character that drives Carl nuts, and 
> doesn't allow
> you to remove it.  I can deal in exchange for the other benefits.
> 
> So far, this seems to be the thing that will fix what bugs me about
> Outlook the most.  The best part: it's absolutely *free*, with the
> author accepting Paypal donations (he's a German college student,
> IIRC).
> 
> Woohoo! :-)
> 
> - Erston
>