From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 20:07:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC-PATCH 1/2] send-email: new option to quote an email and reply to
Message-ID: <vpqmvng8rnt.fsf@anie.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20160523195504.GA8957@dcvr.yhbt.net>

Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> writes:

> Tom Russello <tom.russello@grenoble-inp.org> wrote:
>
>> +	#Message body
>> +	while (<$fh>) {
>> +		#for files containing crlf line endings
>> +		$_=~ s/\r//g;
>> +		my $space="";
>> +		if (/^[^>]/) {
>> +			$space = " ";
>> +		}
>> +		$message_quoted .=  ">".$space.$_;
>
> Is this really necessary to switch between "> " and ">" prefix?
> AFAIK, MUAs prefix unconditionally with "> ".

I had the same question, but at least my mailer (Gnus) has the same
special-case it seems.

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Matthieu Moy
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