Re: Posting Netiquette [ref: Threads "look definitely like" unreadable mess. Handbook project.]

In reply to: Polytropon : "Re: Posting Netiquette [ref: Threads "look definitely like" unreadable mess. Handbook project.]"
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From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf_at_riseup.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:17:44 UTC

On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:03:20 +0200, Polytropon wrote:
>On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:01:18 +1000, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>>   [...] I personally find that prepending  
>>   â€œ>â€_ to the original message works best. Leaving white space
>> after the â€œ> ;â€_ and leave empty lines between your text and the
>> original text both make the result more readable.  
>
>Prepending what? After the what? Seems there is a charset mismatch.
>Or is it just my MUA displaying nonsense (which would be new to me).
>Oh the joy of UTF-8... ;-)

"I personally find that prepending “>” to the original message works
best. Leaving white space after the “> ;” and leave empty lines between
your text and the original text both make the result more readable." -
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/freebsd-questions/