On the version of Evolution I have (1.2) - Tools/Settings/Composer
Preferences and set "Reply Style" to "Do not quote original message."

Brady

> I do like Evolution, however there's some funky things that I don't
> like, the biggest of which is that as far as I can tell I can't find an
> option to turn off having the replied to message in the email.
> 
> Of course, if I get sick of having to delete countless parts of e-mail
> (digest forms), I may just wind up going back to Sylpheed.
> 
> Shawn