OLEXP: No Quote Characters When Using Quoted Printable Format (168779)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q168779 SYMPTOMS
When you reply to or forward a message that was composed using "Plain
Text, Quoted Printable" format in Outlook Express, there is not a quote
character at the beginning of each line of text that is included from
the message you received.
CAUSE
This is a side effect of the "Plain Text, Quoted Printable" format in
the message you received.
MORE INFORMATION
Generally, you see a quote character (such as ">") on each line of the
message you are quoting. For this to work, there must be a <CR><LF> pair
(\r\n) at the end of each line.
When a message is sent using "Plain Text, Quoted Printable" format, an
equal sign is added to the end of the line to let the browser know that
the line continues. Therefore, there is only one quote character at the
beginning of each paragraph quoted.
The main purpose of "Plain Text, Quoted Printable" format is to allow
for line wrapping. When you send mail on the Internet, you can send only
80 characters on a line of text. To provide word-wrap capability, the
lines are packaged in "Plain Text, Quoted Printable" format. This ends
each line with an equal sign to indicate that it continues to the next
line.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/21/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB168779 |
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