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How remowe or edit prefix auto: and (was: )?

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Hi! I created a filter rule to auto-reply to incoming mail. For this I created a template with a subject and message body. But when Thunderbird make auto-reply he adds to the message subject prefixes auto: and (was: ). Example:

Auto: Hello! (was: Hi bro!)

How remowe or edit this prefix?

Hi! I created a filter rule to auto-reply to incoming mail. For this I created a template with a subject and message body. But when Thunderbird make auto-reply he adds to the message subject prefixes auto: and (was: ). Example: Auto: Hello! (was: Hi bro!) How remowe or edit this prefix?

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Matt said

This add-on might do the job for you. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/clean-subject/

Not work. This add-on no delete this prefix.