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On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Reiner Steib <- 4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de wrote:

> IIRC ":" was removed after some discussion here:

> ,----
> | 2002-08-15  Katsumi Yamaoka  <yamaoka@jpl.org>
> | [...]
> | 	* message.el (message-cite-prefix-regexp): Exclude ":" and "»".
> `----

> Maybe you'll find the reason for this change in the archives?

I'll look.  I use that enhanced variable for a long time since I read
groups where posters use these signs.  I never noticed any problems.
But there had surely been a good reason to to remove them.

bye
   KP

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