Reply-by-email from Outlook drops everything after a numbered list

zogstrip · July 28, 2026, 5:09pm

Thanks @ryanturner for the detailed report and fixture email

The bug will be fixed by

github.com/discourse/discourse

FIX: Don't elide numbered lists from Word emails (#42103)

main ← fix-word-email-numbered-list-truncation

merged 07:29PM - 28 Jul 26 UTC

ZogStriP

+44 -4

Previously, a reply sent from Outlook was truncated at its first numbered list —… `extract_from_word` treats any child of `.WordSection1` that is neither a `<p>` nor a `<ul>` as the start of a signature or forwarded message, and Outlook renders numbered lists as `<ol>`, so the list and everything after it was elided and (outside of private messages, or with `always_show_trimmed_content` disabled) dropped from the post with no error. This change excludes `<ol>` as well, so numbered lists are kept along with the content that follows them, while the `<div>`/`<table>` signature and forwarded-message blocks the method exists to strip are still elided.

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Reply-by-email from Outlook drops everything after a numbered list

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