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:
The ‘quote’ option will handle that case like this:
There’s some discussion about the setting here: `enable_forwarded_emails` doesn't behave like conventional email forwarding. 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.’