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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> Per Abrahamsen (abraham@dina.kvl.dk) wrote:
> > SOR> 	  NOTE:  It  may seem superfluous to put a prefix on
> > SOR> 	  empty lines, but it simplifies  implementation  of
> > SOR> 	  functions  such as "skip all quoted text" in read-
> > SOR> 	  ing agents.
> 
> If this is the only reason for such behavior, we can safely ignore it,
> since Gnus is perfectly capable of skipping all quoted text (the point
> is set up conveniently).

The quote is: ``in *reading* agents''.  I don't think we yet can
assume that everybody are using Gnus to read the messages.

> Can you please post a patch that does it?  BTW, will it also affect
> M-h and such?

No, and yes.