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  <info>
    <desc>Avoid long subject lines due to translated "Re:" prefixes.</desc>
    
    <link type="guide" xref="index#common-mail-problems" />

    <revision pkgversion="3.5.90" version="0.1" date="2012-08-16" status="review"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
      <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
    </credit>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>

</info>

<title>Handling localized "Re:" in subjects</title>

<p>Traditionally a "Re:" prefix is added to a subject line when replying to an email. Some email applications use localized terms for this (like "SV:" in Danish or "AW: in German). <app>Evolution</app> can recognize these terms to avoid subject lines getting longer as the conversation continues.</p>

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<item><p>Open the <app>Terminal</app> application.</p></item>
<item><p>Run the command <cmd>gsettings set org.gnome.evolution.mail.composer-localized-re 'AW:,SV:'</cmd> (in case that you want "AW:" and "SV:" to be recognized).</p></item>
</list>
<p>You can also use the <app>dconf-editor</app> application to do this.</p>

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