ReplyWithHeader Mozilla Add-on

ReplyWithHeader Mozilla (RWH) is Add-on for Thunderbird and ~~Postbox~~ (a.k.a extension) to bring Outlook style message headers while Reply/Reply All/Forward and few goodies to manage Message composition. RWH add-on is available for Apple Mail.app too.

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One version that works on Thunderbird and Postbox email client.

Download ReplyWithHeader v2.1.0

File Size: 67 kb, source

Download ReplyWithHeader v2.2.1-beta for TB 68+

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Features

Completely manages and enables most important feature ‘Message Attribution’ for Reply, Reply All & Forward in the Thunderbird & Postbox.

Cleans up special internal email headers from Message Attribution
Provide special/meaningful email message separate of thin blue color line
Clean handling of header attribution [From, Subject, Date, To & Cc], rest are suppressed
Typography feature for message attribution (Headers) in-terms of Font Face, Font Size and Color
Message attribution sequence in-terms of From:, Sent:, To:, Cc: and Subject
First Name and Last Name used instead of quoted email address
Provides optional prefix transformation for Re: -> RE: and Fwd: -> FW:
Header line spaces option like before header, after header and before separator
Cleanup/Content formatting for block quotes and ‘>’ char

RWH Mozilla Donators

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Following RWH users contributed and supporting RWH development (of-course that’s me)

Date	Name	Amount	Donated Via
May 24, 2015	[Kept private as per user], CA, USA	$100.00	PayPal
Feb 11, 2016	Aj Lester, Western Australia, Australia	$10.00	PayPal
Nov 26, 2017	Hans Polling	$3.00	PayPal
Apr 08, 2017	Bytes, Inc	$10.00	PayPal
Apr 20, 2018	Christopher Miller	$25.00	PayPal
May 05, 2018	Ho Winston	$21.00	PayPal
Nov 14, 2018	Juerg Sommer	$5.00	PayPal
Dec 10, 2018	Hank Ausse	$10.00	PayPal
Dec 19, 2018	Unknown (I wish to know the name)	$10.00	PayPal
Mar 13, 2019	Loeper Matthias	$10.00	PayPal
May 11, 2019	Thomas Iglehart	$15.00	PayPal
May 24, 2019	Patrick Illi	$5.00	PayPal
Sep 20, 2019	Felix Reich	$5.00	PayPal
Sep 27, 2019	Torben Fahrnbach	$5.00	PayPal
Oct 8, 2019	Bo Hansen	$10.00	PayPal

Compatibility Matrix

Mail Client Version	RWH beta	RWH v2.1.0	RWH v1.5
Thunderbird v68+ (hopefully till 78)	After testing will be published to AMO
Thunderbird v60.*
Thunderbird v17.0 and below 56.*
Postbox 3., 4. and below 5.*

Known Issues

Following are the known issues of add-on:

Quick reply mode in the Postbox application is not yet supported

Add-on Installation

Instructions for Installing ReplyWithHeader Mozilla Add-on into Thunderbird & Postbox.

Thunderbird

Download and save the .xpi file to your hard disk
In Mozilla Thunderbird, open Add-ons from the Tools menu
From the options button next to the add-on search field, select Install Add-on From File... and locate the downloaded add-on from your hard disk
Now RWH Add-on is ready to use!

Postbox

Download and save the .xpi file to your hard disk
In Mozilla Thunderbird, open Add-ons from the Tools menu
From the options button (right most corner), select Install Add-on From File... and locate the downloaded add-on from your hard disk
Now RWH Add-on is ready to use!

Dave Avery

Hey there, I am very interested in this addon but the link to the XPI on Mozilla is down. Can you recommend an alternate?
- Jeevanandam M.
  
  @Dma550:disqus – Thanks. You can find it here. Github releases link https://github.com/jeevatkm/ReplyWithHeaderMozilla/releases
  
  Cheers,
  Jeeva
  - Dave Avery
    
    Thank you, downloaded and installed. I don’t see however a way to invoke it on Postbox 4.0.4, should there be an icon or menu item?
    - Jeevanandam M.
      
      Okay. Assume after successful installation you have restarted the postbox.
      
      Please use typical reply/reply all/forward to take advantage of RWH, but not quick reply. Since addon doesn’t support quick reply.
Neo

Hello, thanks for this addon. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work for me in the latest Thunderbird. The header is completely removed from emails, and the subject prefix is not changed (Re: > RE:, Fwd > FW:). Any ideas?
dececk

Hi
how to translate the header attribution [From, Subject, Date, To & Cc] and the date format [Day & Month] in other language? Many thanks
- Jeevanandam M.
  
  @dececk:disqus – Currently add-on doesn’t support localization? However I’m planning to add in the future.
  
  RWH Mozilla Repo: https://github.com/jeevatkm/ReplyWithHeaderMozilla
  
  Cheers,
  Jeeva
PCA

Hi

Can you make a reply blue color like in Outlook?

Thanks
- Jeevanandam M.
  
  @disqus_KDDcqt00d0:disqus Thanks, it actually difficult to applying color for content. However I will give it on implementation.
  
  Cheers,
  Jeeva
  - PCA
    
    ok, thanks
andrealocatelli

Too early to say okay: in reply /forwards, header is okay, but replied/forwarded content is plain text instead of same format of the original. This is a very very bad issue!!!
- Jeevanandam M.
  
  @disqus_Mg0LFRhiMJ:disqus Thanks for reporting an issue. I need your help for analyzing the issue and I will fix it. I believe you have created an issue on Github https://github.com/jeevatkm/ReplyWithHeaderMozilla/issues/29 let’s interact via that thread.
  
  Cheers, Jeeva
Rowel Samuels

Working nicely with Thunderbird 60, thank you, so I’m very glad I found this add-on. There is one problem, though. I select the Local Timezone option (I am in the UK) in Header Date Format and, during summer, reply and forward headers quote the time as GMTST, which is correct. Now that we are no longer in daylight saving, the time still says GMTST, which is incorrect as it should automatically just say GMT at this period in the year. Is it possible to fix this, please?
- Jeevanandam M.
  
  Thank you for your appreciation. I’m aware of issues with timezone handling in some edge cases. I will try to improve it in the upcoming releases.
  
  Cheers, Jeeva
  - Rowel Samuels
    
    Thank you very much for your response, Jeeva. I look forward to an update in the future.
    
    Meanwhile, there is one other issue I’m having. When I reply to or forward a message whose subject is of the form “Re: xxxxx”, I notice that replywithheader removes the “Re:” from the quoted email’s subject. This could be confusing, as it might imply that the quoted email was the first in the conversation when it was actually a reply to an earlier email in the same conversation. I realise that some people might want to keep that behaviour, but it would be nice if it was at least an option to keep the original subject as it was received, with Re:, Fw:, or whatever, intact..
    
    Thank you again for a really useful add-on.
    
    Rowel
    - Jeevanandam M.
      
      There is a feature in the RWH add-on to replace Re: -> RE: and Fwd: -> FW: like outlook that option available in RWH preferences “Misc” tab. If you don’t want it you could safely un-check the check box to deactivate this feature.
      
      I’m wondering does add-on removes the Re: or replaces it. Could you please check and confirm?
      
      Cheers, Jeeva
      - Rowel Samuels
        
        Add on removed the Re in the quoted subject even with the option you suggest unticked.
        
        Cheers, Rowel
      - Jeevanandam M.
        
        Hmm, that might be a bug. I will check it out. Thanks for reporting it.
        
        Cheers, Jeeva
Jeevanandam M.

I’m sorry for the delayed response. Actually you have to use RWH v1.5 for TB 52.* and below. RWH v2.0 for TB 60.* It is due TB changed the addon’s internal implementation.

Cheers, Jeeva
- Jorge Sarmiento
  
  Hello Jeeva,
  Last release 2.1.0 is working great with the last update of Thunderbird, finally my Thunderbird is updated.
  
  Thanks for the last release
  - Jeevanandam M.
    
    Hello @@fdisk2k:disqus I’m glad to hear, Thanks. If possible could you write a review on AMO https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/replywithheader/
    
    Cheers, Jeeva
    - Jorge Sarmiento
      
      Done!
      Thanks you Jeeva, Thunderbird+add on working flawlessly.
      - Jeevanandam M.
        
        Thank you @fdisk2k:disqus
RapidEyeMovement

In my Thunderbird 60.5.0 this extension causes constant CPU usage of around 10-15% after some time. I disabled it and Thunderbird CPU usage is back to 0%. What could be the cause?
Dr. Me

Hi,

thank you for this great add-in. But I think I found a bug:

If I open an email from disk via doubleclick, there is no header when I click on “Reply”.
But when using “Forward” there is a header. Very strange…

I’m using Thunderbird version 60.6.1 (32bit) with German language pack.
- Jeevanandam M.
  
  @disqus_LAJAdxO1MA:disqus Thanks for notifying me. Could you please enable debug mode on RWH preference on about tab? share the logs on Github issues here https://github.com/jeevatkm/ReplyWithHeaderMozilla/issues
  
  Cheers, Jeeva
- Steve Howes
  
  Opening from disk is only to view the eml file. Drag from disk and drop onto TB folder imports the eml, and reply header is complete.
Yves Goergen

Great simple add-on. I’ve been using SmartTemplate4 and ReFwdFormatter for this simple use case. As the upcoming Thunderbird 68 (9 July) is going to kill an unknown number of add-ons again, I’m reconsidering my add-on dependencies and try to get along with as few and specialised as possible that are actively supported.

Have you tested this add-on with the prereleases that will become Thunderbird 68 soon? Does it still work? Or do you intend to make it work?

Also, I’d have a few small suggestions:

* I don’t need the subject in the header. It’s always the same anyway. But it can’t be deselected. An option that only includes sender and time would be appreciated.
* An internationally understood time format would be better for global recipients. Instead of deciding on one language/culture and localised formatting and timezone shortnames, could there be a time format like “2019-06-09, 16:14 (+0200)”?
* Why do I have to set a font, size and colour? Can’t the header just use the default sans-serif font and text style?

I think I’ll keep this add-on and see how it does.
- Jeevanandam M.
  
  @yvesgoergen:disqus Thanks for your candid feedback and appreciation. I’m sorry for the delay response. I hope RWH add-on is helpful for you. I have created a issue for TB 68.0 support https://github.com/jeevatkm/ReplyWithHeaderMozilla/issues/88
  
  I see your suggestion make sense for practical use, I will analysis and see how many line items can be done with my limited time of work. Could you please create your suggestion as a GitHub issue here https://github.com/jeevatkm/ReplyWithHeaderMozilla/issues?
  
  Cheers, Jeeva
  - Yves Goergen
    
    Thanks for the reply. I’ve just created three issues. I’m testing the beta on Tb 68.2 now and it makes a good impression.
    
    If I take a look at your code and try to implement my feature requests myself, would you be interested in pull requests?
Andrea Locatelli

With Thunderbird 68, ReplyWithHeader doesn’t work any longer.
TKG

Please support Thunderbird 68.0.
- Jeevanandam M.
  
  @disqus_pTJEjPqr0n:disqus I have created a issue here to track the TB 68.0 support https://github.com/jeevatkm/ReplyWithHeaderMozilla/issues/88
  
  Cheers, Jeeva
  - TKG
    
    Thank you for your reply.
    We are looking forward to the release of TB68.0 compatible version RWH.
- Jeevanandam M.
  
  @disqus_pTJEjPqr0n:disqus RWH Beta version is available for testing in TB 68+, please try out it and share your feedback.
  
  Cheers, Jeeva
  - TKG
    
    Hi Jeeva,
    RWH v2.2.1-beta has been tested with TB68.2.0 and 64-bit.
    It seems to work.
    Thank you very much.
    - ewnov
      
      Each time I click above 2.2.1b download link, it opens up Firefox (v.70.0) which in turn throws up error message “Firefox has prevented this site from installing an unverified add-on”. How do I get TB 68.2.0 to accept and install the beta?
      - Pebif
        
        I’m facing the same problem. How can I download the 2.2.1b version?
    - George The Cat
      
      For those having the issue downloading with Firefox, right-click the v2.2.1-beta link and select “Save Link As…”, it will allow you to download the .xpi file to your local drive. Then in Thunderbird add-ons, choose to install from file and browse to where you saved the .xpi file. Works fine.
  - TKG
    
    Hi Jeeva,
    Continuously testing RWH v2.2.1-beta with TB68.2.2 and 64bit. It’s working fine with no bugs.
  - TKG
    
    Postscript:
    The OS used is Windows10 1903,1909. There are no bugs in either environment.
  - TKG
    
    Hi Jeeva,
    I found a bug.
    If “Reply with List” is selected for the mail received from the mailing list, the add-on does not work even with RWH2.2.1beta (TB68.2.2,64bit).
    If it is a normal “reply”, the add-on will work without problems.
    Please confirm.
    best regards.
George The Cat

Using with the latest Thunderbird 68.2.2 (32-bit) on Windows 10 build 1903. Working great, thank you for your great work.
Nicola Pretto

Is there any chance it could work for newsgroups as well? Maybe with a different text than the one for emails?
evilunderlord

Finding that with TB 68.3.1 and reply-with 2.2.1-beta, some accounts refuse to start my reply above the quote. That is, it always starts at the end of the reply, after my signature. (settings are for reply to start above quote, and signature to be below quote).
Not sure this is related to the add-on. It started happening after TB68 update, both before and after beta.

Separately, the little ‘read’ indicator in the unified mailbox (that little solid dot under the two empty dots) disappeared, then reappeared when I installed the beta, then disappeared again when I restarted. Again, not sure that’s due to the add-on.

In good news, the main function of the add-on works fine in beta – the actual reply header.
Fiona Chamberlain

Hi,
I have TB 68.4.1 on macOS Catalina (10.15.2) and I have installed the RWH 2.2.1-beta but I can’t open preferences for RWH. Nothing appears under Tools –> Add-on Preferences.