Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/tcl/messages-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/tcl/messages-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.58 -r1.59
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/tcl/messages-procs.tcl	12 Jul 2018 09:11:48 -0000	1.58
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/tcl/messages-procs.tcl	23 Oct 2018 20:18:41 -0000	1.59
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@
     }
     append html_version "#forums.Posted#: $message(posting_date)<br>"
     append html_version "\n<br>\n"
+    #
+    # The resulting HTML messages is sent in total by
+    # notifications::send through [lang::util::localize...].  In case
+    # a forums message contains something looking like a localized
+    # message key, it will be substituted. One rough attempt is to add
+    # a zero width space after the "#" signs to make the regular
+    # expression searching for the message keys fail....
+    #
+    regsub -all "#" $message_html "#\\&#8203;" message_html
+    
     append html_version $message_html
     append html_version "<p>   "