Feature idea: Don't remove extra line breaks in a numbered list.

[nolanl]

Outlook conveniently reformats text that looks like it may have been broken
by an intermediate mail system. This is great! Except... There may have
been a bulleted, numbered, or lettered outline or list of points. That list
of points gets reformatted. I don't want to disable this feature, I want to
alter it.

Instead of
1. This is first point.
2. This is second point.
3. This is third point that may have more than one
line. Another sentence on the third point that the
author or email system split.
4. This is the last point.

I get:
1. This is first point. 2. This is second point. 3. This is third point
that may have more than one line. Another sentence on the third point that
the author or email system split. 4. This is the last point.

What I really want is this:
1. This is first point.
2. This is second point.
3. This is third point that may have more than one line. Another sentence
on the third point that the author or email system split.
4. This is the last point.

Cues:
1. look for number at the start of the line.
2. look for increasing series of numbers at the start of the line.
3. Look for repeated punctuation "-", "--", "+" or other bullet characters.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Outlook conveniently reformats text that looks like it may have been
broken by an intermediate mail system. This is great! Except...
There may have been a bulleted, numbered, or lettered outline or list
of points. That list of points gets reformatted. I don't want to
disable this feature, I want to alter it.

Good idea. Send it to outwish at microsoft dot com.