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How do I prevent thunderbird from mangling signatures?

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When I reply to a message that has a traditional "--" separated signature, thunderbird seems to truncate everything below (and including) the --.

A workaround I discovered that partially works is to select the content of the message (Ctrl-A) before replying (Ctrl-Shift-R). This way it will still include the signature, but even then it will put the signature text on the same line as the --. For example, if the message ended with:

-- John

When I reply it will be:

-- John

How do I stop thunderbird from mangling signatures?

-- Sam

When I reply to a message that has a traditional "--" separated signature, thunderbird seems to truncate everything below (and including) the --. A workaround I discovered that partially works is to select the content of the message (Ctrl-A) before replying (Ctrl-Shift-R). This way it will still include the signature, but even then it will put the signature text on the same line as the --. For example, if the message ended with: -- John When I reply it will be: -- John How do I stop thunderbird from mangling signatures? -- Sam

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This forum mangled my question text (must have been written by the people that wrote thunderbird!). The first "-- John" should have a newline, and the second one is what I incorrectly see when replying in thunderbird.

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The separator is a standard way to omit the signature from replies: it's expected that the sender doesn't need to see their own signature in your reply to their message.

If the sender doesn't want their signature omitted from replies, they can change a preference.

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The problem is that thunderbird truncates everything below the signature in the email I am replying to. There may be an entire chain below that signature (because people at work always top post)

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This problem might be avoided if senders, using TB or otherwise, adjusted the setting in Tools/Account Settings, Composition & Addressing, 'and place my signature' to 'below the quote'.

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I cannot demand that everyone uses a certain signature format. What I need is for thunderbird to not mangle emails.