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The [https://nic-nac-project. | The [https://nic-nac-project.org/~kaosmos/changequote-en.html Change Quote] extension modifies the reply header, letting you insert a header with this format: | ||
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Revision as of 22:52, 9 September 2007
- This article was written for Thunderbird but also applies to Mozilla Suite / SeaMonkey (though some menu sequences may differ).
When you reply to an e-mail message or a news post, Thunderbird can add a header like:
- On 01-01-2007 11:00 AM, Alf Aardvark wrote:
You can use preference settings to customize this header in some limited ways. There are also several extensions that provide more customization.
Preferences
Four preferences specify the text elements that make up the reply header, and two others affect how the header is formatted. Its recommended you use the Config editor (Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General) to see and modify these settings. However, it doesn't let you enter a line break. If you need one directly edit prefs.js instead, adding \n as needed.
- mailnews.reply_header_type
- A code number that specifies the sequence of elements in the reply header. Each element is specified by a separate preference
Value Elements Example 0 none 1 (default) authorwrote colon Alf Aardvark wrote: 2 ondate separator authorwrote colon On 01-01-2007 11:00 AM, Alf Aardvark wrote: 3 authorwrote separator ondate colon Alf Aardvark wrote, on 01-01-2007 11:00 AM:
- mailnews.reply_header_authorwrote
- Default: %s wrote
- Thunderbird replaces the %s with the author's name or e-mail address.
- mailnews.reply_header_colon
- Default: : (colon)
- You can add more text here, before the colon or replacing the colon.
- mailnews.reply_header_separator
- Default: , (comma space)
- You can add more text here, before the comma or replacing the comma.
- mailnews.reply_header_ondate
- Default: On %s
- Thunderbird replaces the %s with the date and time.
- mailnews.reply_header_locale
- Default: empty
- Optionally specify a locale for formatting the date and time—for example: en-US
- mailnews.reply_header_originalmessage
- Default: -------- Original Message --------
- Changing this has no effect.
Extensions
The Change Quote extension modifies the reply header, letting you insert a header with this format:
---- Original message ----- From: somebody@email_provider.com To: you@email_provider.com Subject: something Date: 09/07/2007
It has options to add a CC field and strip off any inline attachments.
The Reset Quote Header extension lets you use Quote header templates to specify the format of the reply header. Unzip the extension with an archive program such as WinZip and extract the quoteHdr.txt (plain text messages) and quoteHdrHTML.txt (HTML messages) files. Edit them as desired, press the options button for the extension and browse to the location of the template file(s).
It currently supports tokens for the Author, Recipients, CC's, Sent Date, and Subject. It also lets you specify the number of To: lines in the compose message window or remove the headers when forwarding inline.
See also
External links
- Bug 107884: discussion about adding a user interface for these settings
- Bug 224811: mailnews.reply_header_originalmessage preference has no effect