[MlMt] Outlook style reply styling

[Allan Reiffman]

Hi Benny,


On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 12:25 PM, Benny Kjær Nielsen <mailinglist at freron.com
> wrote:

> On 25 Apr 2018, at 9:48, Allan Reiffman wrote:
>
> How can I have the vertical "reply" line be removed from the reply to a
> message?
>
> The vertical line is HTML (CSS) styling of quoted paragraphs (blockquote).
> In a sense, it's not really part of the message.
>
> How can I add a horizontal line to the bottom of my reply?
>
> Using Markdown you can use --- on a line of its own. Using plain text you
> could use an HTML signature containing <hr>.
>
> For better or worse the company where I work uses Outlook, and in a given
> email conversation thread the replies are simply stacked one on top of the
> other with no reply indicator or indentation, with each message being
> separated by a faint horizontal line. I would like my replies from Mailmate
> to be consistent with this format.
>
> I assume that to do this I would need to customize the reply styling - is
> there a guideline or any documentation on how to do this (in general), and
> / or specifically what I would need to modify to achieve the above?
>
> I don't think current features would allow you to do that. In general, I
> try to make MailMate as “standards” compliant as possible, but I also try
> to be pragmatic when users have to deal with the realities of the world. In
> this case, it means allowing users to emulate Outlook behavior when
> necessary (and hopefully only when necessary). But I'm not even sure
> Outlook always behaves as you describe. It might also be company traditions
> which play a role.
>
> I would like to see a typical email thread. If possible, you can send it
> to me using “Help ▸ Send Feedback” in MailMate (you can drag'n'drop an
> email to attach it). Then I can more easily determine what it would require
> for MailMate to handle such emails when replying.
>

I sent you a typical email thread. Thanks for taking a look at this!
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