From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 13 04:39:44 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49CA416A41C for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 04:39:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flowers@users.sourceforge.net) Received: from pd2mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095CA43D48 for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 04:39:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flowers@users.sourceforge.net) Received: from pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.179]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0II000FJ4A9BCF30@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:39:11 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.145]) by pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0II000BT0A9BE1C0@pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:39:11 -0600 (MDT) Received: from aldebaran.local (S01060010a72631f9.cg.shawcable.net [68.144.46.209]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with SMTP id <0II000264A9ALN@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:39:11 -0600 (MDT) Received: (qmail 55317 invoked by uid 1001); Mon, 13 Jun 2005 04:39:10 +0000 Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:39:10 -0600 From: Danny MacMillan To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20050613043910.GA55308@aldebaran.local> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: How to disable > quoting of lines starting with From in email body? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 04:39:44 -0000 Hello, Every time I read an email that has a line in the message body that starts with the word "From", the line is quoted with a > character. It is my understanding that this is done necessarily when email is stored in the mbox format to distinguish lines that start new email messages from lines that are just part of the message body and just Happen to start with "From". However, I am not using the mbox message format. I am using qmail with Maildir delivery as my MTA. I read my email using mutt to connect to a dovecot IMAP server, all built from ports on a FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE machine. I know this isn't a FreeBSD question per se, but I can't identify the piece of software that is either a) inserting the > when it shouldn't or b) not removing the > when it should. I have done my best to search the net for the answer but when the most significant search term is the word "From" and the second most significant is the > character ... well, let's just say I was not successful and leave it at that. I vaguely remember reading something about it a long time ago before I myself was plagued with the problem but I can't for the life of me remember where. I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on this subject because I can't and it's driving me crazy. Thanks,