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|    August Abolins to August Abolins    |
|    oxp: quoting limitation with 3 or more i    |
|    26 Oct 19 23:38:00    |
      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ddc8d3d9       REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ddc8d3bc       PID: OpenXP/5.0.40 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       Hello August!              ** 26.10.19 - 23:07, August Abolins wrote to All:                      AA>Apparently, OXP doesn't seem to handle multi-initial quoting very well.               AA>:(                      AA>For example, some names such as Michael                     Whooops! Sorry about the incomplete message. I forgot that it was "in        progress" as a draft and I should have gone back to finish it before my        next poll.              To continue...              Names with 3 or more initials such as "Wilfred van Velzen", or "Rick van        Beek" might show up in originating messages like this:               WvV> some quoted text here, line 1        WvV> some quoted text here, line 2        WvV> some quoted text here, line 3              or,               RvB> some quoted text here, line 1        RvB> some quoted text here, line 2        RvB> some quoted text here, line 3                     But when YOU start a quoted reply, the aligned lines get staggered, for        example:               WvV> some quoted text here, line 1 WvV> some quoted text here,        line 2 WvV> some quoted text here, line 3              or,               RvB> some quoted text here, line 1 RvB> some quoted text here,        line 2 RvB> some quoted text here, line 3                     :(              Needs manual intervention!                      ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.40        * Origin: o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 154/10 203/0 221/1 6 360 227/114 229/354 426 1014       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 292/854 310/31 317/3       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 712/848 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 221/1 280/464 229/426           |
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