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How to configure the forward / reply message preamble

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Hi,

I've been a Thunderbird user since the days of Eudora ;-) and have a configuration question.

When you forward or reply to a message, Thunderbird currently does this: <sender> wrote on <date> <time>: 

  forwarded message text

Is there a way to change the preamble line, or is it hard-coded?

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

Hi, I've been a Thunderbird user since the days of Eudora ;-) and have a configuration question. When you forward or reply to a message, Thunderbird currently does this: <sender> wrote on <date> <time>: forwarded message text Is there a way to change the preamble line, or is it hard-coded? Thanks in advance for any pointers.

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The preamble can be customized with this add-on:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/changequote/

Add-on Options/Reply header/Customized reply header, e.g. %%6 wrote on %%5 about %%4:

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The preamble can be customized with this add-on:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/changequote/

Add-on Options/Reply header/Customized reply header, e.g. %%6 wrote on %%5 about %%4:

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Perfect!

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