Mail.app plugin for bottom posting of reply text
Aug 25, '10 07:30:01AM
Contributed by: MacUser06
The QuoteFix plugin for Mail.app formats your email reply for bottom posting. It puts the original message on top of your reply and sets the cursor between the original message and your signature. Mail's default action in to place the reply text at the top of the message.
QuoteFix can be downloaded from here.
Following the description from the developer's site: QuoteFix is a plug-in for Mail.app which fixes some issues with replying to email.
- it removes the signature from the original message
- it removes certain unnecessary empty lines
- it positions the cursor below the original message, instead of above it (in other words, bottom-posting instead of top-posting)
- it can (optionally) prune nested quotes from a specific level and above
QuoteFix should be Snow Leopard (10.6) compatible from revision 25 onwards, and 10.6.1 from revision 27 onwards. From revision 28 onwards, you can also run it in 64-bit mode.
Installing the plug-in:
Before installing the plug-in, you'll need to make sure that Mail.app's plug-in support is turned on. For this, execute the following two commands in Terminal.app:
defaults write com.apple.mail EnableBundles -bool true
defaults write com.apple.mail BundleCompatibilityVersion 3
Next, download the plug-in (pick the binary version) and unpack it in ~/Library/Mail/Bundles/. [crarko adds: You may need to create this folder.] Note: the binary builds are for specific Mac OS X versions, the Snow Leopard builds work only on SL, etc.
Lastly, quit Mail.app if it's running, and start it up again.
In case you run into any problems, just remove QuoteFix.mailbundle from the Bundles folder above and restart Mail.app.
[crarko adds: I tested this, and it more or less works as described. It is very sensitive to the version of Mail that you have.]
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