Why are replies blue?

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Paul Berkowitz

I use html format. Why is it that the text in replies always is blue?
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That would mean that ALL your HTML (and RTF) correspondents use Outlook
Windows (maybe OE Windows too). It's a bug in Outlook with the default font
there - Arial - always blue. You can ask your correspondents to use another
font. Or find some Mac friends.

Or do you mean the quoted text (quoting the original message) in your own
replies is blue? If your correspondents use plain text, then the plain text
reply has the indentation > and the color blue for quoted text. If you then
switch to HTML, it's too late ­ the quote marks and blue color remain. you
could avoid this by setting Compose preferences to HTML (which maybe you
have) and also Reply preference to UNCHECK "Reply to messages in the format
they were sent."

I don't know which you mean. They are very different cases.

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Jonny

Paul said:
On 8/9/05 9:35 PM, in article [email protected],

I use html format. Why is it that the text in replies always is blue?


That would mean that ALL your HTML (and RTF) correspondents use Outlook
Windows (maybe OE Windows too). It's a bug in Outlook with the default
font there - Arial - always blue. You can ask your correspondents to use
another font. Or find some Mac friends.

Or do you mean /the quoted text/ (quoting the original message) in your
own replies is blue? If your correspondents use plain text, then the
plain text reply has the indentation > and the color blue for quoted
text. If you then switch to HTML, it's too late – the quote marks and
blue color remain. you could avoid this by setting Compose preferences
to HTML (which maybe you have) and also Reply preference to UNCHECK
"Reply to messages in the format they were sent."

I don't know which you mean. They are very different cases.
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Paul,

I meant the first: People are probably using Outlook.
Thanks for clarifying!

J
 
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