"JC" <j*@invalid.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am using Outlook 2003 under WinXP SP3 with all updates
> installed.
>
> Quite often I receive HTML emails that has one of more solid
> lines to the left of the text and/or pictures in the body of the
> message.   I suspect that these lines are the HTML equivalent of
>> found in forwarded plain text messages.
>
> Can anyone suggest how I can clean up the email by deleting the
> solid line(s) before forwarding the message on to other
> recipients?
> --
>
> Cheers . . . JC

>In article <12ct45t0q5kleqkqv9g2q0gma5fg24g***@4ax.com>, j*@invalid.net
>says...
>> On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:56:56 -0400, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]"
>> <outlook***@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> > you can only remove them by changing the format to plain text.
>>
>> What a pity as that also deletes all of the pictures at the same
>> time.
>>
>> It looks like I'll have to put up with the lines.
>
>If you want to get fussy :) - you could edit the html directly in a
>reply using an html editor, and then pasting back in to your reply.

"JC" <j*@invalid.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:18:03 +1200, Duncan McC <h***@work.ok>
> wrote:
>
>>In article <12ct45t0q5kleqkqv9g2q0gma5fg24g***@4ax.com>, j*@invalid.net
>>says...
>>> On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:56:56 -0400, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]"
>>> <outlook***@msn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > you can only remove them by changing the format to plain text.
>>>
>>> What a pity as that also deletes all of the pictures at the same
>>> time.
>>>
>>> It looks like I'll have to put up with the lines.
>>
>>If you want to get fussy :) - you could edit the html directly in a
>>reply using an html editor, and then pasting back in to your reply.
>
> I use Word as the editor for Outlook.   That obviously doesn't do
> what you are suggesting.    Would you please suggest a suitable
> editor?
>
> The only fix I have found so far using Outlook is to save each
> picture as a file, open a new email and then insert each picture
> in sequence.   That works but is very tedious when all I want to
> do is pass on a bunch of scenes or cartoons to a few friends. If
> that is what it takes then forget it.
>
> Do you know what puts the lines into the email to start with?
> --
>
> Cheers . . . JC

>The lines are how Outlook is designed to prefix HTML messages.  I use the
>reply option to include but not prefix, so I never get the lines (or > on
>plain text).
>
>I never really looked into it as it doesn't bother me (either on replies
>from others or the few times I use prefixes), so I don't know if you can
>edit a style to remove it or change it to something else.  In looking at the
>HTMl, it uses a DIV but not a named style (<div
>style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'>)
>so you many not be able to change it in the template.  remove the
>border-left attribute or change it to white.
>
>To reply or forward without prefixing, go to tools, options, email options
>and change to include to the text (but not include and indent).

> On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:18:03 +1200, Duncan McC <h***@work.ok>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <12ct45t0q5kleqkqv9g2q0gma5fg24g***@4ax.com>, j*@invalid.net
> >says...
> >> On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:56:56 -0400, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]"
> >> <outlook***@msn.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > you can only remove them by changing the format to plain text.
> >>
> >> What a pity as that also deletes all of the pictures at the same
> >> time.
> >>
> >> It looks like I'll have to put up with the lines.
> >
> >If you want to get fussy :) - you could edit the html directly in a
> >reply using an html editor, and then pasting back in to your reply.
>
> I use Word as the editor for Outlook.   That obviously doesn't do
> what you are suggesting.    Would you please suggest a suitable
> editor?
>
> The only fix I have found so far using Outlook is to save each
> picture as a file, open a new email and then insert each picture
> in sequence.   That works but is very tedious when all I want to
> do is pass on a bunch of scenes or cartoons to a few friends. If
> that is what it takes then forget it.
>
> Do you know what puts the lines into the email to start with?