Email Pet Peeve: >>>> Carets and Double Carets

 I just LOVE those messages that have those darn carets.  you know – these:  >>>

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[picappgallerysingle id=”294948″]>>>That’s right

>>>Carets.

>>>They are unnecessary and annoying

>>>and they multiply when forwarded, depending on the email programs people are using!!!!

Well, rabbits multiply prolifically, they eat carets, oops, I mean carrots…

OK, enough on the rant. Here’s a simple way to get rid of the CARETS if you do need to forward:

Paste the message into WORD, use ‘Find and Replace,’ enter find ‘>>>’ and replace with (blank.)

Please share if you have any other ideas!

One thought on “Email Pet Peeve: >>>> Carets and Double Carets”

  1. Not everyone uses Microsoft Word or even has that as an available option. Windows users could certainly opt for the same find/replace operation in Notepad or WordPad, or they could try a free alternative such as emailStripper (http://www.papercut.com/emailStripper.htm), metapad (http://liquidninja.com/metapad/), or NoteTab Light (http://www.notetab.com/versions.php#light). The first, emailStripper, is a stand-alone program which has as its sole purpose the removal of e-mail quote characters. The other two, metapad and NoteTab Light, are excellent text editors that include the ability to both strip and insert these e-mail quote characters (along with other functions which make them much more useful than Notepad). I am not affiliated with the authors of any of these programs, but I have used them all at some point (and continue to use metapad and NoteTab Light).

    Also, the caret is this character: ^. What you refer to as “carets” are more properly known as angle brackets or chevrons.

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