[Enigmail] Quoted text and signing...

[John Clizbe]

Spiros Georgaras wrote:
> When I sign a reply to a message, the '>' character is converted to a
> '|', producing messages like
> 
> ~   XXXXXXXXX wrote:
> ~   | aaaaaa
> ~   | bbbbbb
> ~   | cccccc
> 
> instead of
> 
> ~   XXXXXXXXX wrote:
> ~   > aaaaaa
> ~   > bbbbbb
> ~   > cccccc
> 
> Does it have to do with some setting or something? how can i fix this?

Hi Spiros,

Add the following lines to your user.js:

user_pref("mail.quoted_graphical", false);
user_pref("mail.quoteasblock", false);
user_pref("mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support", true);

The third line disables format=flowed and is necessary to completely disable it.
Without it, format=flowed messages would still have the vertical bar.

These may also be accessed in Seamonkey's about:config window or Thunderbird's
Advanced Settings (Tools --> Options --> Advanced --> Config Editor)

Thunderbird needs a bit more tweaking. Add the following lines to your
userContent.css:

blockquote[type=cite] {
    padding-bottom: 0 !important;
    padding-top: 0 !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
    border-left: none !important;
    border-right: none !important;
}

user.js is found in your profile directory. userContent.css is located in the
profile's chrome directory.

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