[Tickets #6113] Re: Reply-quoted HTML paragraphs have spurious indentation

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=6113
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 Ticket             | 6113
 Updated By         | bax3 at bigfoot.com
 Summary            | Reply-quoted HTML paragraphs have spurious indentation
 Queue              | IMP
 Version            | 4.1.5
 Type               | Bug
 State              | Not A Bug
 Priority           | 2. Medium
 Milestone          | 
 Patch              | 
 Owners             | 
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bax3 at bigfoot.com (2008-01-15 03:47) wrote:

>>> This is intended. First lines of paragraphs are always indented.
>>
>> Why?
>
> Why not? It's a common layout.

In which email clients?  I cannot recall ever seeing this, at least not as
a default.

>> If this is a feature, why are plain text first lines _not_ indented?
>
> Because they are probably not paragraphs in the HTML code.

HTML code?  Please explain.  I refer specifically to non-HTML plain text
messages.  When IMP reply-quotes them it does _not_ indent the first line
of each paragraph.  Similarly, when IMP reply-quotes HTML mail with a
plain-text alternative, it does _not_ indent the first line of each
paragraph (see below).

In two out of three cases, IMP does prefix extra spaces at the start of
quoted paragraphs.  Single-part HTML is the exception, and hence the
apparent bug.

Plain text-only reply-quoting:
> This paragraph
> is quoted.

HTML with plain text reply-quoting:
> This paragraph
> is quoted.

HTML-only reply-quoting:
>   This paragraph
> is quoted.

Please note the extra spaces.