Quoting original message after conversion from HTML to plain text in Outlook

Question

When replying to an HTML-formatted message in Outlook, sometimes, I would like to be able to reply in plain text.

Were the original message in plain text, replying to it would quote the original message with “>”, which is the setting I use (and like).

But if the original message is HTML-formatted, those “>” do not appear (only that brain-damaged blue line). And when I switch the message format to plain text, there is no quote indication at all (except the mail headers above the original message).

Is there any way to make replying to HTML messages in plain-text possible (in a similar way as replying to plain-text messages in plain text works)?

Answer 1

In MSO 2007 you can change it in Tools → Options → E-mail Options → When replying to a message: Prefix each line.