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Aardvark
Aardvark wrote:
[...][...]You'll notice that above, where I've quoted your post, my newsreader
has placed a caret symbol in front of every quoted line of text.
Only in the Compose window (this one). In the Message window, I see
vertical lines.
IOW, how a quotes are displayed depends on _your_ newsreader's settings.
Change them, if it matters that much to you.
Why would I change my quote marks to a non-conforming, non-standard
character?
< http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote3.html >
"3. Quotationmarks
3.1 Which character should I use to mark the quoted text?
Use the "Greater-Than" character (">"). This character is recognized as a
quotation mark by almost every newsreader and is mentioned in the
netiquette as such for technical reasons (Son-Of-RFC 1036 and successors)."
It's up to users of applications which don't conform with accepted
standards to reconfigure them to conform to standards, not for those who
have conforming software to make it non-conforming.