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I'm trying to format quoting of emails similar to gmail. I noticed that gmail formats the original message with a div that has a style class of gmail_quote. How do other mail clients pick up this style? Is it up to each of them to implement that on their own and display it properly? If so, is there a commonly understood (published) reference to what that style is?

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Dear YALDA Please see emails and link below....we hope the deadline has not passed. YALDA team ------------------------------------------------
Would it be appropriate to share the link below with the YALDA e-mail lists? A subject line like "Economist Debates: Africa and China"- Weigh In on the Debate! would be fine, but we can also get creative if you want with it! Pretty sure today is the last to provide commentary, so I hope we can send it out!
Thanks, Martha_________________________

Martha Tesfalul
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MS1
[email protected]
(713) 576 9306


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From: Juma, Calestous <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 4:08 AM
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To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>


Can you and your networks weigh in without breaking the scales?

http://www.economist.com/debate/overview/165




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I think it is up to every client, sorry to answer my own question. I noticed Zimbra formats it this way:

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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