| name | email-quoting |
| description | Formatting conventions for email replies and forwards — quoting previous threads, attribution lines, and forward headers |
| last_updated | "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z" |
| tools_required | [] |
| dependencies | [] |
| agent_type | main_agent |
Email Quoting Conventions
When replying to or forwarding emails, always include the quoted previous thread in the body so recipients see full context. Threading headers (In-Reply-To, References, threadId) only group messages in some clients' threaded view — many recipients use non-threaded clients, see emails in notifications, or receive forwarded copies without the conversation history.
Before replying or forwarding, fetch the full conversation first (e.g., get_workspace_email_thread for Gmail).
Reply formatting
Plain text
Your new reply content here.
On Mon, Jan 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM, Alice <alice@example.com> wrote:
> Original message line 1
> Original message line 2
HTML
<p>Your new reply content here.</p>
<br>
<div>On Mon, Jan 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM, Alice <alice@example.com> wrote:</div>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #ccc;padding-left:1ex">
Original message line 1<br>
Original message line 2
</blockquote>
Forward formatting
Your message about why you're forwarding.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alice <alice@example.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 6, 2026
Subject: Meeting Tomorrow
To: You <you@example.com>
Original message body here.
Key rules
- Always include an attribution line before quoted content (
On DATE, SENDER wrote:)
- For multi-message threads, quote messages in reverse chronological order (most recent first)
- Preserve the original formatting as closely as possible
- For HTML emails, use
<blockquote> with conventional styling