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I've searched googlegroups for the answer, but I may well be using the
wrong search terms.
In newsgroups, the quoted portions of text show up with coloured bars in
front of them.
I would like them to show up with the old-fashioned ">" in front of them.
Where do I go to change the coloured bars to the old style quotes?
Thanks in advance!
_Gwenhyffar Milgi_ spoke thusly on 09/06/2006 4:27 PM:[color=blue]
> I've searched googlegroups for the answer, but I may well be using the
> wrong search terms.
>
> In newsgroups, the quoted portions of text show up with coloured bars in
> front of them.
>
> I would like them to show up with the old-fashioned ">" in front of them.
>
> Where do I go to change the coloured bars to the old style quotes?[/color]
There are a couple of ways of doing it.
Go to Tools-->Options-->Advanced-->General, and click on "Config Editor".
Look for the preference |mail.quoted_graphical|. Double-click on it,
which should set its value to false.
Look for the preference |mail.quoteasblock|. Double-click on it, which
should set its value to false.
Look for the preference
|mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support|. Double-click on it,
which should set its value to true.
OR
Install the QuoteColors extension, which will gives you the option in
the form of a checkbox.
[url]http://quotecolors.mozdev.org/[/url]
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Chris Ilias
mozilla.test.multimedia moderator
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(Please do not email me tech support questions)
Chris Ilias wrote:[color=blue]
> _Gwenhyffar Milgi_ spoke thusly on 09/06/2006 4:27 PM:[color=green]
>> I've searched googlegroups for the answer, but I may well be using the
>> wrong search terms.
>>
>> In newsgroups, the quoted portions of text show up with coloured bars in
>> front of them.
>>
>> I would like them to show up with the old-fashioned ">" in front of them.
>>
>> Where do I go to change the coloured bars to the old style quotes?[/color]
>
> There are a couple of ways of doing it.
>
> Go to Tools-->Options-->Advanced-->General, and click on "Config Editor".
> Look for the preference |mail.quoted_graphical|. Double-click on it,
> which should set its value to false.
> Look for the preference |mail.quoteasblock|. Double-click on it, which
> should set its value to false.
> Look for the preference
> |mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support|. Double-click on it,
> which should set its value to true.[/color]
That option gives me the quotes I want, but only up to a certain level.
Then it starts showing the colour bars again.
[color=blue]
>
> OR
>
> Install the QuoteColors extension, which will gives you the option in
> the form of a checkbox.
> [url]http://quotecolors.mozdev.org/[/url][/color]
That one tells me it won't install because it's not compatible with firefox.
I'm confused!
_Gwenhyffar Milgi_ spoke thusly on 09/06/2006 4:55 PM:[color=blue]
> Chris Ilias wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Install the QuoteColors extension, which will gives you the option in
>> the form of a checkbox.
>> [url]http://quotecolors.mozdev.org/[/url][/color]
>
> That one tells me it won't install because it's not compatible with
> firefox.
>
> I'm confused![/color]
As the download page says, "Right-click on the following download link
and save the xpi-file to your disk."
After that, In Thunderbird, go to Tools-->Extension, and click on
"Install". Pick the XPI you just downloaded.
--
Chris Ilias
mozilla.test.multimedia moderator
Mozilla links <http://ilias.ca>
(Please do not email me tech support questions)
Chris Ilias wrote:
[color=blue]
> Install the QuoteColors extension, which will gives you the option in
> the form of a checkbox.
> [url]http://quotecolors.mozdev.org/[/url][/color]
That's working now, I shut down and restarted and then it installed it.
Quotecolours is lovely, thank you!
Chris Ilias wrote:[color=blue]
> _Gwenhyffar Milgi_ spoke thusly on 09/06/2006 4:55 PM:[color=green]
>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Install the QuoteColors extension, which will gives you the option in
>>> the form of a checkbox.
>>> [url]http://quotecolors.mozdev.org/[/url][/color]
>>
>> That one tells me it won't install because it's not compatible with
>> firefox.
>>
>> I'm confused![/color]
>
> As the download page says, "Right-click on the following download link
> and save the xpi-file to your disk."
>
> After that, In Thunderbird, go to Tools-->Extension, and click on
> "Install". Pick the XPI you just downloaded.[/color]
Yeah, I did that, but my machine was being wonky.