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[Max Battcher]

jon louis mann wrote:
> is this what you mean?  

Yes that's basically what is standard.

 > it looks like gobbley gook.

Yes, but computers like gobbley gook.  So do computer people.  There 
things out there to make it all look prettier.

> i tried the link
> and googled e-mail program, and understood about half of what i read. 
> i still have no idea what e-mail program i use...

It appears that you use Yahoo!'s web-based email.

May I suggest giving a Gmail account a try?  I think that Gmail's web 
interface is far superior to Yahoo!'s and it might make things easier on 
you if you don't mind learning to like/love/accept the differences 
between Yahoo! and Gmail.

(Personally I used Yahoo! for several years, got angry at some of their 
stunts and quit...)

You don't have to use a dedicated email program, but they certainly 
help.  On the other hand you could look into tools for your particular 
web browser to see if any would help with your email.

Looking for Firefox I found no plugins and 1 semi-working GreaseMonkey 
scripts that would help you Jon:

* http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/5594 - For Yahoo! Mail: Colors 
each level of > indentation differently so that you can visually 
distinguish the differences when reading quoted email.  (I can't believe 
that Yahoo! still doesn't do this automatically!?‽) Caveat: Only works 
with "Classic" view.

I couldn't find an easy plugin to do Paste as (Email) Quotation, which 
seems a shame.  I would assume that you could easily adapt one from 
Thunderbird's source...

I did not find any addons for IE that would help.

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