# הסבר על "התנהגות דוא"ל שהועבר" (הסתרה/ציטוט/יצירת\_תשובות)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/explanation-of-forwarded-emails-behavior-hide-quote-create-replies/281586
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [9 באוקטובר,‏ 2023,‏ 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/explanation-of-forwarded-emails-behavior-hide-quote-create-replies/281586 "2023-10-09T06:31:06Z")
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### Author: ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [9 באוקטובר,‏ 2023,‏ 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/explanation-of-forwarded-emails-behavior-hide-quote-create-replies/281586/1 "2023-10-09T06:31:06Z")

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I searched around, but couldn’t find documentation of the purpose and effect of the settings for _“forwarded emails behavior”_: hide / quote / create\_replies.

I tested by forwarding messages to a Category email address, and concluded:

**hide** :

- **strips** originating email information from Topic content.
- appears to come from **forwarder** , and creates a staged user for forwarder if one does not exist.

**quote** :

- **includes** originating email information in Topic content, including source name and address.
- appears to come from **forwarder** , and creates a staged user for forwarder if one does not exist.

**create\_replies**

- **strips** originating email information from Topic content.
- appears to come from **originating** sender, and creates a staged user for originating sender if one does not exist.

If I’m missing any effects or implications of these settings, I’d love to know.

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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [9 באוקטובר,‏ 2023,‏ 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/explanation-of-forwarded-emails-behavior-hide-quote-create-replies/281586/2 "2023-10-09T07:37:05Z")

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There are differences between the ‘quote’ and ‘create\_replies’ option if the forwarder adds text above the `---------- Forwarded message ---------` line in the email. For that case, create\_replies will post the text that appeared above the `---------- Forwarded message ---------` line as a reply:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/0/6/7061442b30cc1685bec67e4549a4a75a552f58c6.png)

The ‘quote’ option will handle that case like this:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/f/6/9f6c1f75c8b49660b061b2bbb7c5961bb3d2a40f.png)

There’s some discussion about the setting here: [`enable_forwarded_emails` doesn't behave like conventional email forwarding](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-forwarded-emails-doesnt-behave-like-conventional-email-forwarding/111501). I had to actually test it to understand how the setting works. Maybe that’s the best approach, but I think some attempt could be made to improve the setting’s description: ‘How to treat a forwarded email to Discourse.’

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### Author: ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [11 באוקטובר,‏ 2023,‏ 12:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/explanation-of-forwarded-emails-behavior-hide-quote-create-replies/281586/3 "2023-10-11T00:23:47Z")

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Ah, excellent, thanks! I didn’t think to try adding text to the message.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [30 בנובמבר,‏ 2023,‏ 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/explanation-of-forwarded-emails-behavior-hide-quote-create-replies/281586/4 "2023-11-30T04:13:15Z")

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