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Re: Leaving a blank line when I'm replied to ...

From Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.seamonkey
Subject Re: Leaving a blank line when I'm replied to ...
Date 2026-03-15 20:02 +1100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <10p5siu$vekg$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <10kt65a$30njh$1@dont-email.me> <10p3m7v$8dnd$1@dont-email.me>

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On 15/03/2026 12:01 am, Nuno Silva wrote:
> On 2026-01-22, Daniel70 wrote:
> 
>> When I Reply-post into a Newsgroup and someone then replies, there is
>> a Blank line left (in the Message display portion of the Message
>> Display area) between my name and the person I'm replying to .... e.g.
>>
>> At 12:25 on 21/01/2026, Fred wrote:
>>   At 12:15 on 21/01/2016, Daniel wrote:
>>
>>    At 23:08 on 20/01/2026, Anne wrote:
>>     At 22:18 on 20/01/2026, Fred wrote:
>>      At 21:26 on 20/01/2016, Daniel wrote:
>>
>>       At 13:15 on 20/01/2026, Fred wrote:
>>
>> That type of thing .... a blank line (in my Header area) left below my Name.
>>
>> (It happens, too, with some (a small number) of other posters but I
>> haven't particularly noticed their User Agent strings to see what
>> these others are using.)
>>
>> In the back of my mind, somewhere, I can remember, sort of, ticking
>> something I shouldn't have when I installed SeaMonkey ... but can't
>> remember what .... and after a look through 'Prefs' and 'Account
>> Settings', nothing doesn't stand out.
>>
>> Can anyone help with this minor problem, please.
> 
> I think this is just the style chosen by the replying client to add the
> reply/citation "header". Gnus apparently does that too here. SeaMonkey
> might be able to if the preference is set in user.js [1].
> 
> It likely isn't caused by anything on your side, and just by how clients
> quoting your message choose to lay out that "header", with or without a
> blank line below it.
> 
> [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mailnews.reply_header_type
> 
O.K., thanks. I thought I might have selected a wrong/different setting 
when I originally installed SeaMonkey on this system.
-- 
Daniel70

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Leaving a blank line when I'm replied to ... Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-01-22 23:45 +1100
  Re: Leaving a blank line when I'm replied to ... Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-14 13:01 +0000
    Re: Leaving a blank line when I'm replied to ... Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-03-15 20:02 +1100

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