If you have quoted replies enabled, then the attribution line will appear above the quoted reply.
It normally looks something like this:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2019 3:15, Joe Bloggs wrote:
To customize the attribution line, go to the Settings → Preferences screen and click Show Advanced Preferences. In the "Writing" section, scroll to "Reply Attribution" and enter your desired text. You can use literal text, or you can use a pattern.
If you would like to use a pattern in your reply attribution, you can use the control characters below.
Sender details
-
%+f
— the sender's name and email address. -
%+n
— the sender's name (or email address, if no name is included). -
%+a
— the sender's email address.
Message time
-
%d
— the day of the month when the message was sent in mm-dd format (01-31). -
%e
— the day of the month when the message was sent in dd-mm format (31-01). -
%m
— the month when the message was sent in mm-yy format (01-12). -
%Y
— the year when the message was sent (4 digits). -
%y
— the year when the message was sent (last 2 digits). -
%H
— the hour when the message was sent (00-23). -
%I
— the hour when the message was sent (01-12). -
%k
— the hour when the message was sent (00-23). -
%l
— the hour when the message was sent (1-12). -
%p
— "AM" or "PM" when the message was sent. This will be localized to your language where possible. -
%M
— the minutes when the message was sent (00-59). -
%S
— the seconds when the message was sent (00-59). -
%A
— the weekday when the message was sent (Monday-Sunday). -
%a
— the abbreviated weekday when the message was sent (Mon-Sun). -
%B
— the month when the message was sent (January-December). -
%b
— the abbreviated month when the message was sent (Jan-Dec). -
%z
— the time zone offset for when the message was sent.
Some formats like %e
, %k
, %l
are always 2 characters wide, and include a leading space. This is designed to make it simpler to format strings. If you would like to remove this space, place a -
between the % and the letter, for example: %-e
, %-k
, %-l
.
-
%e
on the 6th day of the month produces6
-
%-e
on the 6th day of the month produces6
.
Other control characters
-
%n
— a new line. -
%%
— the percent sign.