# Format quotes in plain text e-mail correctly
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/format-quotes-in-plain-text-e-mail-correctly/262814
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/format-quotes-in-plain-text-e-mail-correctly/262814 "2023-04-25T12:22:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@penguinpee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/penguinpee)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/format-quotes-in-plain-text-e-mail-correctly/262814/1 "2023-04-25T12:22:09Z")
Fedora (@mattdm) is getting ready to move from Mailman to Discourse. So, I’m trying out how it fairs when interacting with it from the comfort of my mail client.
Currently quotes use tags `[quote]` and `[/quote]` when a reply contains a quote. This should be formatted according to RFC3676, _The Text/Plain Format and DelSp Parameters_ ([https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3676.txt](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3676.txt))
For a more elaborate example please take a look at [Quoting in e-mail notifications does not comply with e-mail standards - Fedora Discussion](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/quoting-in-e-mail-notifications-does-not-comply-with-e-mail-standards/81528)
Should linking be a bad idea, please let me know, and I’ll copy my post from Fedora Discussion over here.
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### Author:  [@zbyszek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zbyszek)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/format-quotes-in-plain-text-e-mail-correctly/262814/2 "2023-04-27T08:50:50Z")
One more thing: the footer is formatted like this:
```plaintext
---
[Visit Topic](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/docs-meeting-agenda-2023-04-26/81634/1) or reply to this email
to respond.
To unsubscribe from these emails, [click
here](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/email/unsubscribe/9dfc65684da26863c35cd2f6d852d5da9b937364a8ff1c389aa4315d
6af6a483).
```
This extraneous markup should be dropped in text mode. (Minimally, just dropping the parenthesis would be a good step. “Visit Topic [https://some.url/asdf](https://some.url/asdf) to respond” is quite readable.)
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### Author:  [@jeanas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jeanas)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/format-quotes-in-plain-text-e-mail-correctly/262814/3 "2023-06-29T09:43:12Z")
Is there a possible workaround for this? Some setting somewhere?
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### Author:  [@penguinpee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/penguinpee)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/format-quotes-in-plain-text-e-mail-correctly/262814/4 "2023-10-19T20:56:03Z")
That’s exactly what I was afraid would happen. Half a year down the road and no response whatsoever from anybody from Discourse.
I’m afraid this will not be solved / implemented anytime soon. My conclusion: e-mail integration is a half baked courtesy. It will never be a first class citizen. And thus Discourse is not suitable as a replacement for mailing lists.