Controls how extracted message text is quoted in a message reply.

restrictions

Requires SYSPRV privilege to set information for users other than yourself; requires SYSPRV or SYSNAM privilege to show information about users other than yourself.

Syntax

SET EXTRACT_QUOTE quote

SET NOEXTRACT_QUOTE

SHOW EXTRACT_QUOTE

Qualifiers	Defaults
/ALL	/NOALL
/LOG	/NOLOG
/UIC="[g,m]"	None
/USER=username	None

Parameters

quote

Text to prepend to each extracted message line.

Description

When the /EXTRACT qualifier is used in conjunction with the ANSWER or REPLY commands, the content of the message being replied to will be included in the reply. It is often useful to quote this extracted material by prepending to each line some text such as "> ". Use the SET EXTRACT_QUOTE command to specify the text to use for quoting.

By default, no text is prepended to the lines of extracted messages. To restore this default, use the SET NOEXTRACT_QUOTE command. Note that the /EXTRACT qualifier of the ANSWER and REPLY commands also accepts an optional value which specifies text to use for quoting. When that value is specified, it overrides any setting made with the SET EXTRACT_QUOTE command.

Examples

In this example, "> " is selected to use in quoting extracted message text.

EMAIL> SET EXTRACT_QUOTE "> " EMAIL> SHOW EXTRACT_QUOTE Extracted message text is quoted with "> ". EMAIL>