You see: it works for me ... %QUOTE is not enough. There are several templates (sorry I have german KMail) You have to look INTO all relevant templates. You also have to check "intelligent qouting" (or so) HTH > Hi im using kde 4.2.00 with kmail 1.11.0 package: 4:4.2.0-0r1 > > In reply to sender preferences i have the option %QUOTE but it doesnt seem > to work. Any idea? > > Nico