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how to remove less-than symbols in email

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when I have email strings, I get something like the following:

"On 8/27/2014 9:17 AM, John Bain wrote:> I am trying this new format out to see if it works better and is easier > > On 8/27/2014 9:16 AM, John Bain wrote: >> I am trying this new format out to see if it works better and is easier >> >> On 8/27/2014 9:15 AM, John Bain wrote: >>> >>> I am trying this new format out to see if it works better and is easier >>> On 8/27/2014 9:14 AM, John Bain wrote: >>>> Ask your question to our community of users >>>> >>>> On 8/27/2014 9:01 AM, John Bain wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am trying this new format out to see if it works better and is >>>>> easier"

Is there a way to remove those ">>>" marks?

when I have email strings, I get something like the following: "On 8/27/2014 9:17 AM, John Bain wrote:> I am trying this new format out to see if it works better and is easier > > On 8/27/2014 9:16 AM, John Bain wrote: >> I am trying this new format out to see if it works better and is easier >> >> On 8/27/2014 9:15 AM, John Bain wrote: >>> >>> I am trying this new format out to see if it works better and is easier >>> On 8/27/2014 9:14 AM, John Bain wrote: >>>> Ask your question to our community of users >>>> >>>> On 8/27/2014 9:01 AM, John Bain wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am trying this new format out to see if it works better and is >>>>> easier" Is there a way to remove those ">>>" marks?

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What would you use in their place to separate the different postings and retain the Q&A context?

You can remove them. This add-on offers this capability:

https://nic-nac-project.org/~kaosmos/quoteandcomposemanager-en.html

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What would you use in their place to separate the different postings and retain the Q&A context?

You can remove them. This add-on offers this capability:

https://nic-nac-project.org/~kaosmos/quoteandcomposemanager-en.html

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Actually, > is a "greater than" symbol. "Less than" is <

5 > 4

3 < 7

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The date stamp is a good separator.

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good point.

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is there something within T-Bird itself that can do this without doing an add-on?

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