The discussion revolves around translating Outlook 365 email reactions into analogous Discourse reactions. supermathie highlights that Outlook allows users to react to emails with six specific emojis (, , , , , ), and suggests these should be converted into corresponding Discourse reactions when emails are imported. Jonathan5 supports the idea and notes the confusion around the emoji set, while NateDhaliwal mentions the need for the Reactions plugin. supermathie corrects a misinformation from ChatGPT, clarifying the correct emoji order and providing HTML examples of how these reactions are rendered. wesochuck acknowledges the potential noise this could create, while trs80 proposes a simpler solution: adding a header to block these reactions entirely. sam references a related feature request on Meta Discourse, emphasizing that disabling the reactions might be a more straightforward fix than parsing them.
I’ve seen this a few times in the last little while. It would be nifty if these got translated to an analogous reaction in Discourse when the email is received:
Yes please… My forum is already getting noisy with Outlook reactions, made worse as my people are mostly in mailing list mode (but that bit’s their problem )
I’m disheartened by the idea that one would turn to ChatGPT for verification rather than their own eyes, but I guess that’s the world we’re starting to live in.
Also, it’s outright wrong. The sixth reaction is [sad], not [thumbsdown].
<td><img alt="sad" src="upload://44BK5YWG5LM33M6R65JnqpZAXGO.png" style="height:25px; width:25px"></td><td><span style="font-weight:bold; padding-left:3px">Michael Brown</span> <span>reacted to your message:</span></td>
Same as the screenshot in the OP, which hasn’t changed.
Since I’m here, this is the HTML that’s sent for each at time of writing (with a bit of extra space added to line things up):
<td><img alt="0" src="" style="height:25px; width:25px"> </td><td><span style="font-weight:bold; padding-left:3px">Michael Brown</span> <span>reacted to your message:</span></td>
<td><img alt="like" src="upload://nO9mywAEEIa8YFG7mh3mViUWfOf.png" style="height:25px; width:25px"></td><td><span style="font-weight:bold; padding-left:3px">Michael Brown</span> <span>reacted to your message:</span></td>
<td><img alt="heart" src="upload://Ap3BpyLsEpjr2JtRGM5LWZeQXkS.png" style="height:25px; width:25px"></td><td><span style="font-weight:bold; padding-left:3px">Michael Brown</span> <span>reacted to your message:</span></td>
<td><img alt="celebrate" src="upload://pNwWAZrYCrjQ6pIMm1CB9TRkaEb.png" style="height:25px; width:25px"></td><td><span style="font-weight:bold; padding-left:3px">Michael Brown</span> <span>reacted to your message:</span></td>
<td><img alt="laugh" src="upload://pi1TNP00vFsbZO5rI3h9UKkjKAP.png" style="height:25px; width:25px"></td><td><span style="font-weight:bold; padding-left:3px">Michael Brown</span> <span>reacted to your message:</span></td>
<td><img alt="surprised" src="upload://gaxqyWKJqgLJkv8lFOpWWE2DgbM.png" style="height:25px; width:25px"></td><td><span style="font-weight:bold; padding-left:3px">Michael Brown</span> <span>reacted to your message:</span></td>
<td><img alt="sad" src="upload://44BK5YWG5LM33M6R65JnqpZAXGO.png" style="height:25px; width:25px"></td><td><span style="font-weight:bold; padding-left:3px">Michael Brown</span> <span>reacted to your message:</span></td>
I’m curious if there’s any regional differences here.
I know what you mean. I don’t have emojis on my Outlook, and didn’t realise the screenshot above was from Outlook – maybe I skimmed it thinking it was someone’s Discourse choice of reactions. It was hard to find something online to state exactly what emoji set Outlook uses (or whether it allows any emoji) and I wanted something to cut and paste, so went to ChatGPT out of desperation. I had no easy way to check as I just didn’t have (or, really, want to take) the time to look back over my previous searches.
But I’ve told it that it was wrong, and I hope it feels as sheepish as I do for being lazy!
You’re correct, and I appreciate the clarification! In Office 365’s email reactions, the six emojis available are:
on the noise factor. I get that parsing these into “standard” Discourse emojis could be annoying. Parsing them into the a “recycle bin” or hidden post would also be appreciated to cut down on the forum noise.
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
), and suggests these should be converted into corresponding Discourse reactions when emails are imported. 
)
(Thumbs Down)
