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855188 2010-02-04 03:10:00 Hi all,

Does anyone know how to change the reply header format in Mozilla Thunderbird?

Currently the history of the reply in Mozilla is:
On 2/02/2010 10:20 a.m., Sam David wrote:

Whilst in Outlook the one is much nicer and clear, for example:
__________________________________________________ ______________
From: Henry Mark [mailto:markh001@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 4 February 2010 3:26 p.m.
To: Sam David
Subject: Re: Stuff

Does anyone know how to change the Mozilla Thunderbird one to look more like the Outlook one? I want the page break/line between messages! 		imnonexistent (12253)
855189 2010-02-04 03:57:00 www.mozilla.org

Change the reply header

The standard reply header "[author] wrote:" can be changed to virtually anything, so make your e-mails more personalized. Add and modify the following code to your user.js file, instructions are in the comments:


// Change the 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:
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_type", 3);

// 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] 		bob_doe_nz (92)
855190 2010-02-04 04:25:00 Is there an easier way? I'm not all that familiar with programming to go through with that. Is there a add on or something more simple? imnonexistent (12253)
855191 2010-02-04 04:37:00 . de/~kaosmos/changequote-en . html" target="_blank">nic-nac-project . de


Scroll to bottom of page .
Right click the link / Save As
Save somewhere you remember .
Open Thunderbird .
Click Tools / Add ons / Install
Now find the changequote-0 . 6 . 4 . xpi . xpi file you just downloaded . Select it / Click Open


It should install and restart TB .

Once that is done . . .


Click Tools / Add on's

There should be a new add on called "Change quote and reply format 0 . 64 "

Now, click the Options button under the title .

In the new window that has opened, click the circle next to "Customized Reply Header"

Copy and paste the following into the rectangular section



From: %%6 (%%7)
Sent: %%5
To: %%2 {{%%3}}
Subject: %%4

Also, tick box next to "Add Line Break . . . . . "

Click OK

Close Add On Window .

Now if you reply to an email, it should be close to the original outlook style . 		bob_doe_nz (92)
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