ARCHIVED: In Elm, how do I get an attribution line, such as "Quoting John Doe:" preceding quoted text within a mail message?

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In your $HOME/.elm/elmrc file, modify this section:

  # attribution string for replies ('%s' is the author of original
  # message)
  attribution = In our previous episode, %s said:

Note: This information comes from the April 26, 1993, Elm 2.4 [21] FAQ list maintained by Piero Serini. For more, see the Elm FAQ.

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