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When I browse the inbox on iPhones and iPads, I see a short preview of the text below the subject line. Gmail also does the same thing (though I don't know if this works the same way).

Is it some way I can influence what text that should be used for the preview, instead of simply using the first sentence(s) in the mail?

Background: I am updating a newsletter that sends out news stories automatically. Usually, the subject line is identical to the header text, so the preview text is redundant. I want to make it show some of the text of the actual article instead.

Nils
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  • I'm pretty sure the Gmail app uses the Gmail service to heuristically guess which part of the email constitutes the most important part of the text to preview, much how Google does for its preview text in search results. If you're looking for simplicity, you could display the first 100 characters, cut off to the nearest word. – Polynomial Jan 17 '12 at 07:08
  • Having the Subject: repeated at the beginning of the body strikes me as a rather poor design anyway. – tripleee May 21 '12 at 03:51

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