<info> <desc>It is not possible to change the quotation introduction added when answering mail.</desc> Andre Klapper ak-47@gmx.net </info>

Advanced users can change this string.

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Open the <app>dconf-editor</app> application.

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Navigate to `org.gnome.evolution.mail`.

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Enter the preferred quotation string as the value for the key `composer-message-attribution`.

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The default string in English is: `"On ${AbbrevWeekdayName}, ${Year}-${Month}-${Day} at ${24Hour}:${Minute} ${TimeZone}, ${Sender} wrote:"`

The following placeholders are available:

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`{Sender}`

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`{SenderName}`

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`{SenderEMail}`

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`{AbbrevWeekdayName}`

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`{WeekdayName}`

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`{AbbrevMonthName}`

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`{MonthName}`

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`{Day}` (format: 01-31)

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`{ Day}` (format: 1-31)

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`{24Hour}`

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`{12Hour}`

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`{AmPmUpper}`

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`{AmPmLower}`

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`{DayOfYear}` (format: 1-366)

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`{Month}` (format: 01-12)

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`{Minute}`

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`{Seconds}`

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`{2DigitYear}` (e.g. 15 for the year 2015)

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`{Year}`

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`{TimeZone}`

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You might need to install the <sys>dconf-editor</sys> package to perform these steps.

Install dconf-editor