From 3b529f22fea622e7d4267927a688058d5c7a4500 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 09:39:48 +1200
Subject: Strip generic greetings from quoted mail

---
 vim/after/ftplugin/mail.vim | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vim/after/ftplugin/mail.vim b/vim/after/ftplugin/mail.vim
index 16c228cd..2917425d 100644
--- a/vim/after/ftplugin/mail.vim
+++ b/vim/after/ftplugin/mail.vim
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ if line('.') == 1 && col('.') == 1
   " no quote, which is fine
   call search('\m^>', 'c')
 
+  " Check this line to see if it's a generic hello-name greeting that we can
+  " just strip out; delete the following line too, if it's blank
+  if getline('.') =~? '^>\s*\%(<hello\|hi\)\s\+\S\+\s*$'
+    delete
+    if getline('.') =~# '^>$'
+      delete
+    endif
+  endif
+
   " Now move to the first quoted or unquoted blank line
   call search('\m^>\=$', 'c')
 
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