Outlook Style Reply Headers

I note that Outlook Style Headers has been put forward before, around the time that eM Client 6 was developed, however, no action from then to now has been taken to redress this omission. The ‘------Original Message------’ type header looks very dated and unprofessional as other commentators have noted. I have tried to replicate an Outlook Style reply header in eM Client 9 with no success, e.g., trying to fool the programme by inserting a line at the bottom of a ‘reply’ template, and customizing the standard eM client reply header by removing the ‘------Original Message------’, but found that to be unsatisfactory.

Developers of eM Client should be aware that professional people prefer to have their email message replies looking like those of Outlook, which is the industry leader in email communications. If eM client had the facility to customize reply headers to look like Outlook reply headers, then I’m sure that more businesses, professional people etc., would be more than happy to use eM Client as opposed to Outlook given eM Client’s undoubted strengths in other areas.

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Hello,
Did you look here : Menu > Settings > Mails > Replies and Forwards > Reply Header > Custom ?
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Yes, the idea though is to be able to customise the reply header to remove the ———Original Message——— part, and replace it with an expandable line, thus giving the ‘reply’ a cleaner less cluttered look. eM Client reply headers must surely only be text based, because that can’t be done. An expandable line can be inserted into the main body of an eM Client message when the reply to an original message is being formulated/written, i.e., change the reply header then, but that is not the point. As with Outlook, I and I notice, other contributors to this forum in the past, would like such a line to be inserted automatically when writing a reply or a series of replies in a correspondence.

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Agreed.
Please provide an outlook reply header for office use of emclient.

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Unfortunately the [date] variable is a bit “useless”: at least, a GMT reference should be given

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It is a while ago since the last post, but I totally agree!

A GMT reference and reply header like the outlook style would be wonderful!!
Is there any change to realize it soon?

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Adding my support to another reply/forward header style OR support for HTML formatting in the Custom headers.

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Still not find outlook similar reply header in emclient 10 beta. Could we have an option there for it?
Thanks.

Coming in version 10, to be released later this year.

It is customizable, but one option is like this:

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Awesome! I am very excited already!

Will it be possible to add a GMT / UTC refrence along with the date?

Yes, it will be there, but you will need to edit the header once and add your timezone however you want it displayed.

Then it looks like this:

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Thanks for implementing it!
Is there any overview of variables which can be used (like the classes or the UTC reference)?

I am not very familiar with HTML. How can I draft a design for a reply header?

I am using this feature, but the problem I’m encountering is how to specify the language for the header. The client’s language is not English, but I want the header to be in English. How can this be solved through custom HTML?

You can use the Custom HTML option there and create your own header.

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Thank you for your quick response! My Windows system and client interface are in Chinese, but I need the header and date format to be in English to suit my English-speaking customers. I’m not familiar with custom HTML and unsure how to set the language preferences. Could you provide an example to avoid any Chinese appearing in email responses?