Hi,
Most lists tend to have their own rules about this sort of thing.
Here are my views, in no particular order:
1. I prefer to have the > signs in replies, so I know what is quoting and
what is not.
2. I prefer not to have > signs in forwards, as they serve no real purpose
and multiple forwards can end up with multiple >'s at the start of each
line, which is tedious to say the least.
3. Most screen readers I know of can be configured not to speak the >
sign.
4. I know of at least one Email client, pine, which can be configured to
not display quoted material. It may well rely on the presence of > signs
however.
5. Several Email clients allow you to configure the quote character or
disable it entirely. Pine even allows you the ability to edit it on a per
message basis.
6. Some lists prefer the so-called jepardy style of quoting (i.e. answers
first). I don't, since it means that you can't intermingle quoted text
with your responses.
7. Jepardy style quoting is most often on lists with Windows users, where
the OUtlook family of Email clients is set to include the original message
by default, which most Blind people may not even be aware of. This can
often result in an entire thread being quoted right back to the beginning
with most having no idea that it's happening.
But now I'm digressing.
Geoff.
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