>I'm hoping that a future improvement might be to either mark each line of the AutoQuote with a > (as Eudora and Outlook do), or add the html tags for italicizing around each paragraph. If I detect a groundswell (defined as one or more people in agreement) I will place the wish on the UT Task Tracker.....

I don't see why there is a need to make that request. The option is already there. Just turn it on and you will get the auto quoted automatically whenever you reply to a message.