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[solved] How can I change the subject prefix (Re:, Fwd:, etc.) ?

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welcome replied 2 years ago
welcome
welcome

How can I change the subject prefix (Re:, Fwd:, etc.) ? I would prefer "RE:" to "Re:" for my outgoing mails. "mailnews.localizedRe" handles recognition of incoming subject prefixes, but I found no pref for my outgoing mails. Thank you!

How can I change the subject prefix (Re:, Fwd:, etc.) ? I would prefer "RE:" to "Re:" for my outgoing mails. "mailnews.localizedRe" handles recognition of incoming subject prefixes, but I found no pref for my outgoing mails. Thank you!

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sfhowes
sfhowes

Chosen Solution

You can change Re: to RE: and Fwd: to FW: with this add-on:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/replywithheader/

Version 2.6.0 for 115 or 3.0.0 for 128.

welcome
welcome Question owner

Many thanks! Is there a native solution, too?

sfhowes
sfhowes

I'm not aware of a way without the add-on, but you could contact the add-on author to find out.

welcome
welcome Question owner

ok, thanks for your help!