[Tickets #10481] Re: When replying with the HTML editor, the text/plain part contains an extra ">"

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/10481
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  Ticket             | 10481
  Updated By         | Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
  Summary            | When replying with the HTML editor, the text/plain part
                     | contains an extra ">"
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | FRAMEWORK_3
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Not A Bug
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> (2011-09-07 09:05) wrote:

>>> Once you start doing these kind of multiple conversions, all bets are
>>> off.  You really shouldn't be converting from text -> html -> text.
>>> You are going to lose all sorts of formatting, as the warnings
>>> clearly indicate to you.
>>
>> But already in first conversion text->html the quotes are doubled.
>> The first level will be represented by the blue line (correct), the
>> second level has redundant > (there never was a second level)
>
> Don't see this.

Actually, I guess this could happen if the original text was not  
flowed text.  But if that is the case, the '>' don't mean anything.   
In other words: you can't assume that they are quoted lines.

Either way, there is nothing broken here.  This is still all expected  
behavior.