reply header

[Hgp]

Hello thunderbirders

maybe a faq here...I'd like to change the reply header -without using
extensions- to something like:
On 1. Jan 2021 20:30 +0100, username
(mail@provider) wrote:

In prefs.js I've tried switching from:
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_type", 2);
to "type 3" (= customizable ??)

and:
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_ondateauthorwrote", "on %d. %M %y %H:%i
%z, %%6 \n (%%7) wrote:");

Well, I found these settings somewhere, but they don't seem to work
any clues how to set it right?

Cheers,

ps TB current version

[David E. Ross]

I prefer user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_type", 2);

However, in my user.js file, I have the following (the // indicate
comments):

user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_type", 2);
// Reply header
// 0 - No Reply-Text
// 1 - "[Author] wrote:"
// 2 - "On [date] [author] wrote:"
// 3 - User-defined reply header. Use the prefs below in conjunction
with this:
// If you set 3 for the pref above then you may set the following prefs.
//user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_authorwrote", "%s said the following");
//user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_ondate", "on %s");
//user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_separator", " ");
//user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_colon", ":");
// The end result will be [authorwrote][separator][ondate][colon]

Note that two comment lines wrapped. They do not wrap in user.js.

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[😉 Good Guy 😉]

On 17/01/2021 18:55, Hgp wrote:

Well, I found these settings somewhere, but they don't seem to work
any clues how to set it right?

Stay away from messing around with prefs.js because you can easily corrupt your Thunderbird settings.  I suggest use the GUI to make changes.  See this image:

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[Big Al]

I have mine set to:
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_type", 2);
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_ondateauthorwrote", "On #2 #3, this is what #1 wrote:");


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Reply header settings - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Reply_header_settings

"This page was last modified 17:23, 20 June 2016."

[Hgp]

On 17/01/21 18:55, Hgp wrote:

> maybe a faq here...I'd like to change the reply header -without using
> extensions- to something like:
> On 1. Jan 2021 20:30 +0100, username
> (mail@provider) wrote:

thank you guys for your answers.
So from what I gathered, the possibility to make such customizations has
been abandoned long ago :-(

I've set back "mailnews.reply_header_type" to "type 2" (default), as
David said. "type 3" only inverts the words,,,

I was only able to introduce a new line with the tag "\n" in
"mailnews.reply_header_ondateauthorwrote", which you can see in the 2nd
line of this post.
Apart from that it's only possible to substitute "wrote:" with an
equivalent wording, and that's not what I was looking for.

I'm not willing to install an add-on, if there is any, for this trivial
task, but maybe there could be very secret "hidden prefs" to add to the
prefs.js file

@Good Guy
what d'you mean with "use the GUI", in the TB's Preferences I don't see
any option to flag ?!??

[WaltS48]

He thinks you want to set the Reply-To address, not the "On 1/18/21
12:17 PM, Hgp wrote:" line in a reply.

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[Hgp]

oh, that would be slightly in the future :)