diff --git a/components/email/__tests__/composer-send-pipeline.test.tsx b/components/email/__tests__/composer-send-pipeline.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..075421c0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/email/__tests__/composer-send-pipeline.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import React from 'react';
+import { EmailComposer } from '../email-composer';
+import { registerOutgoingFinalizer, registerPreSendCheck, resetSendPipeline } from '@/lib/outgoing/send-pipeline';
+
+// ─── Heavy component mocks (mirrors composer-reopened-draft-signature.test.tsx) ─
+
+vi.mock('@/components/email/rich-text-editor', () => ({
+  RichTextEditor: () => React.createElement('div', { 'data-testid': 'rich-text-editor' }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/components/plugins/plugin-slot', () => ({ PluginSlot: () => null }));
+vi.mock('@/components/identity/sub-address-helper', () => ({ SubAddressHelper: () => null }));
+vi.mock('@/components/templates/template-picker', () => ({ TemplatePicker: () => null }));
+vi.mock('@/components/templates/template-form', () => ({ TemplateForm: () => null }));
+vi.mock('@/components/files/file-preview-modal', () => ({ FilePreviewModal: () => null }));
+vi.mock('@/hooks/use-focus-trap', () => ({
+  useFocusTrap: () => ({ current: null }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/hooks/use-pro-multi-account-identities', () => ({
+  useProMultiAccountIdentities: () => ({ enabled: false, groups: [], allIdentities: [] }),
+  stripCrossAccountIdentityPrefix: (id: string) => ({ localAccountId: null, rawId: id }),
+}));
+
+// ─── Store mocks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/auth-store', () => {
+  const state = {
+    client: null,
+    identities: [],
+    primaryIdentity: null,
+    isAuthenticated: false,
+    isDemoMode: false,
+    activeAccountId: null,
+    connectionLost: false,
+    getClientForAccount: () => undefined,
+    getAllConnectedClients: () => new Map(),
+    syncIdentities: () => {},
+    refreshIdentities: async () => {},
+  };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useAuthStore: hook };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/identity-store', () => {
+  const state = {
+    identities: [
+      { id: 'id-me', email: 'me@example.com', name: 'Me' },
+      { id: 'id-sales', email: 'sales@example.com', name: 'Sales' },
+    ] as Array<Record<string, unknown>>,
+    defaultIdentityId: 'id-me',
+  };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useIdentityStore: hook };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/account-store', () => {
+  const state = { accounts: [], getAccountById: () => undefined };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useAccountStore: hook };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/email-store', () => {
+  const state = {
+    draftSaveEnabled: false,
+    sendRawEmail: async () => ({ sent: true }),
+  };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useEmailStore: hook };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/settings-store', () => {
+  const state = {
+    timeFormat: '24h',
+    plainTextMode: false,
+    subAddressDelimiter: '+',
+    autoSelectReplyIdentity: true,
+    attachmentReminderEnabled: false,
+    attachmentReminderKeywords: [],
+    emptySubjectWarningEnabled: true,
+    sendDelaySeconds: 0,
+    // The default position: replies/forwards get the signature appended at
+    // send time rather than embedded above the quote.
+    signaturePosition: 'below_quote',
+    signatureSeparatorEnabled: true,
+    requestReadReceiptDefault: false,
+    addTrustedSender: () => {},
+    trustedSendersAddressBook: null,
+    updateSetting: () => {},
+  };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useSettingsStore: hook };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/contact-store', () => {
+  const state = {
+    contacts: [],
+    getAutocomplete: async () => [],
+    addToTrustedSendersBook: async () => {},
+  };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useContactStore: hook };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/template-store', () => {
+  const state = { templates: [], addTemplate: async () => {} };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useTemplateStore: hook };
+});
+
+// ─── Misc dependency mocks ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/toast-store', () => ({
+  toast: { info: () => {}, error: () => {}, success: () => {} },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/plugin-hooks', () => ({
+  identityHooks: {
+    onSignatureRender: { size: 0, transform: async (value: unknown) => value },
+    onIdentitySelect: { size: 0, emit: async () => {} },
+  },
+  templateHooks: {
+    onTemplateRender: { size: 0, transform: async (value: unknown) => value },
+    onTemplateApply: { size: 0, emit: async () => {} },
+  },
+  emailHooks: {
+    onComposerOpen: { call: async () => [] },
+    onRecipientChange: { call: async () => [] },
+    getRecipientSuggestions: { call: async () => [] },
+    onRecipientChipsChange: { transform: async (chips: unknown) => chips },
+    onDraftChange: { emit: () => {} },
+    onBeforeDraftAutoSave: { transform: async (draft: unknown) => draft },
+    onBeforeEmailSend: { intercept: async () => true, interceptOutcome: async () => 'allowed' },
+    onComposeSend: { takeOver: async () => 'default' },
+    onTransformOutgoingEmail: { transform: async (email: unknown) => email },
+  },
+  contactHooks: {
+    search: { call: async () => [] },
+    onProvideRecipientSuggestions: { transform: async (initial: unknown) => initial },
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/email-sanitization', () => ({
+  sanitizeSignatureHtml: (v: string) => v,
+  sanitizeSignatureHtmlForDisplay: (v: string) => v,
+  sanitizeEmailHtml: (v: string) => v,
+  sanitizePluginBodyHtml: (v: string) => v,
+  escapeHtml: (v: string) => v,
+  parseHtmlSafely: (html: string) => new DOMParser().parseFromString(html, 'text/html'),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/email-threading', () => ({
+  computeReplyThreadingHeaders: () => ({ inReplyTo: [], references: [] }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/sub-addressing', () => ({ generateSubAddress: () => '' }));
+vi.mock('@/lib/debug', () => ({ debug: { log: () => {}, warn: () => {}, error: () => {} } }));
+vi.mock('@/components/email/quoted-html', () => ({
+  buildQuotedHtmlBlock: () => '',
+  serializeEditorContent: () => '',
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/template-utils', () => ({ substitutePlaceholders: (s: string) => s }));
+
+// ─── Tests ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// Features add to every send through lib/outgoing/send-pipeline.ts: a check
+// can stop it, a finaliser changes what goes out. Both run in the composer's
+// send, after its own checks.
+
+const DRAFT = {
+  to: 'bob@example.com',
+  cc: 'carol@example.com',
+  bcc: '',
+  subject: 'Hello',
+  body: '<p>Hi</p>',
+  showCc: true,
+  showBcc: false,
+  selectedIdentityId: 'id-me',
+  subAddressTag: '',
+  mode: 'compose' as const,
+  draftId: null,
+};
+
+function clickSend() {
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByTestId('composer-send')[0]);
+}
+
+describe('composer send pipeline', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => resetSendPipeline());
+  afterEach(() => {
+    resetSendPipeline();
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('sends what the finalisers return, with the recipients in the context', async () => {
+    const seen: unknown[] = [];
+    registerOutgoingFinalizer('footer', 10, (bodies, context) => {
+      seen.push(context);
+      return { html: `${bodies.html}<p>Footer</p>`, text: `${bodies.text}\n\nFooter` };
+    });
+    const onSend = vi.fn();
+    render(<EmailComposer initialData={DRAFT} onSend={onSend} />);
+    clickSend();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    const sent = onSend.mock.calls[0][0] as { htmlBody?: string; body: string };
+    expect(sent.htmlBody).toMatch(/<p>Footer<\/p>$/);
+    expect(sent.body).toMatch(/\n\nFooter$/);
+    expect(seen).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({
+      surface: 'composer', to: ['bob@example.com'], cc: ['carol@example.com'], fromEmail: 'me@example.com', mode: 'compose', plainText: false,
+    })]);
+  });
+
+  it('sends nothing when a check says no, and sends after it says yes', async () => {
+    let allow = false;
+    const check = vi.fn(() => allow);
+    registerPreSendCheck('ask', 10, check);
+    const onSend = vi.fn();
+    render(<EmailComposer initialData={DRAFT} onSend={onSend} />);
+    clickSend();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(check).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    expect(onSend).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    allow = true;
+    clickSend();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/components/email/email-composer.tsx b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
index d594c091b..01ac2feb7 100644
--- a/components/email/email-composer.tsx
+++ b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ import { TemplateForm } from "@/components/templates/template-form";
 import type { EmailTemplate } from "@/lib/template-types";
 import { appendPlainTextSignature, getPlainTextSignature, plainTextBodyHasSignature, plainTextBodyWithoutSignature } from "@/lib/signature-utils";
 import { wantsSignatureSeparator } from "@/lib/signature-delimiter";
+import { finalizeOutgoing, runPreSendChecks, type OutgoingContext } from "@/lib/outgoing/send-pipeline";
 import { findComposeIdentityId, findDraftIdentityId, findReplyIdentityId, resolveReplyFrom } from "@/lib/reply-identity";
 import { buildReplyRecipients, isSelfSent, ownReplyAddresses } from "@/lib/reply-recipients";
 import { computeReplyThreadingHeaders, type ReplyThreadingHeaders } from "@/lib/email-threading";
@@ -3091,6 +3092,8 @@ export function EmailComposer({
   // second click in the same tick - and isSending drives button disabling.
   const [isSending, setIsSending] = useState(false);
   const isSendingRef = useRef(false);
+  // A pre-send check is waiting for the user (send-pipeline).
+  const preSendCheckingRef = useRef(false);
 
   // Attachments still uploading when Send is clicked used to be silently
   // dropped from the outgoing message (the filters below exclude anything
@@ -3275,6 +3278,29 @@ export function EmailComposer({
       }
     }
 
+    // Checks other features register (lib/outgoing/send-pipeline.ts), such
+    // as the external-recipient confirm. They may ask the user, so a second
+    // click meanwhile does nothing.
+    if (preSendCheckingRef.current) return;
+    const outgoingContext: OutgoingContext = {
+      surface: 'composer',
+      to: toAddresses.map(r => r.email),
+      cc: ccAddresses.map(r => r.email),
+      bcc: bccAddresses.map(r => r.email),
+      fromEmail: (fromOverrideEnabled && fromOverrideEmail.trim()) || currentIdentity?.email || undefined,
+      identityId: currentIdentity?.id,
+      mode,
+      plainText: plainTextMode,
+    };
+    preSendCheckingRef.current = true;
+    let checksPassed = false;
+    try {
+      checksPassed = await runPreSendChecks(outgoingContext);
+    } finally {
+      preSendCheckingRef.current = false;
+    }
+    if (!checksPassed) return;
+
     // Past every "don't send" early return - mark the send in flight so a
     // second click is a no-op until this resolves (reset in the finally below).
     isSendingRef.current = true;
@@ -3347,7 +3373,7 @@ export function EmailComposer({
 
     // In plain text mode, send text/plain only (no HTML body)
     const signatureOpts = { separator: signatureSeparatorEnabled };
-    const finalBody = plainTextMode
+    const builtTextBody = plainTextMode
       ? (signatureAlreadyInBody ? body : appendPlainTextSignature(body, signatureIdentity, signatureOpts))
       : (signatureAlreadyInBody ? htmlToPlainText(body) : appendPlainTextSignature(htmlToPlainText(body), signatureIdentity, signatureOpts));
 
@@ -3367,9 +3393,12 @@ export function EmailComposer({
     }
 
     const rewritten = plainTextMode ? null : rewriteInlineImages(body);
-    const finalHtmlBody = plainTextMode
-      ? undefined
-      : `<div>${rewritten!.html}</div>${buildSignatureHtml()}`;
+    // What the send-pipeline finalisers add (disclaimer, organisation
+    // signature) goes in here, on the send only: drafts never get it.
+    const { html: finalHtmlBody, text: finalBody } = finalizeOutgoing({
+      html: plainTextMode ? undefined : `<div>${rewritten!.html}</div>${buildSignatureHtml()}`,
+      text: builtTextBody,
+    }, outgoingContext);
     const inlineAttachments = rewritten?.attachments ?? [];
 
     try {
diff --git a/components/mail/mail-app.tsx b/components/mail/mail-app.tsx
index bbd5971b7..e5bfaf3c9 100644
--- a/components/mail/mail-app.tsx
+++ b/components/mail/mail-app.tsx
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ import { FilePreviewModal } from "@/components/files/file-preview-modal";
 import { WopiEditor } from "@/components/files/wopi-editor";
 import { useWopiStatus, canWopiOpen } from "@/hooks/use-wopi-status";
 import { isFilePreviewable } from "@/lib/file-preview";
-import { appendHtmlSignature, appendPlainTextSignature } from "@/lib/signature-utils";
+import { prepareQuickReply } from "@/lib/outgoing/quick-reply";
 import { computeReplyThreadingHeaders } from "@/lib/email-threading";
 import { EML_IMPORT_ACCEPT, expandImportableEmails } from "@/lib/eml-import";
 import { findDraftIdentityId, findReplyIdentityId, resolveComposeAccountEmail } from "@/lib/reply-identity";
@@ -3900,21 +3900,18 @@ export function MailApp({ linkSegments: routeSegments }: MailAppProps = {}) {
     const signatureIdentity = (sendingIdentity?.htmlSignature || sendingIdentity?.textSignature)
       ? sendingIdentity
       : primaryIdentity;
-    const separator = useSettingsStore.getState().signatureSeparatorEnabled;
-    const finalBody = appendPlainTextSignature(body, signatureIdentity, { separator });
-
-    // When the identity has an HTML signature, send a matching HTML body so the
-    // signature keeps its formatting; appendPlainTextSignature would otherwise
-    // flatten it to plain text. Text-only identities keep the plain-text-only
-    // behavior (htmlBody stays undefined).
-    const escapedBody = body
-      .replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
-      .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
-      .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
-      .replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
-    const finalHtmlBody = signatureIdentity?.htmlSignature?.trim()
-      ? appendHtmlSignature(`<div>${escapedBody}</div>`, signatureIdentity, { separator })
-      : undefined;
+    // The same checks and finalisers as the composer's send
+    // (lib/outgoing/send-pipeline.ts): a quick reply is no way around them.
+    const prepared = await prepareQuickReply({
+      body,
+      signatureIdentity,
+      separator: useSettingsStore.getState().signatureSeparatorEnabled,
+      to: recipients,
+      fromEmail: headerFromEmail,
+      identityId: sendingIdentity?.id,
+    });
+    if (!prepared) return;
+    const { html: finalHtmlBody, text: finalBody } = prepared;
 
     const originalEmailId = selectedEmail.id;
     const originalSource = emailWriteSource(selectedEmail, client);
diff --git a/lib/outgoing/__tests__/quick-reply.test.ts b/lib/outgoing/__tests__/quick-reply.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..834082a6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/outgoing/__tests__/quick-reply.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { prepareQuickReply } from '@/lib/outgoing/quick-reply';
+import { registerOutgoingFinalizer, registerPreSendCheck, resetSendPipeline } from '@/lib/outgoing/send-pipeline';
+import type { Identity } from '@/lib/jmap/types';
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/debug', () => ({ debug: { log: () => {}, warn: () => {}, error: () => {} } }));
+
+// Quick reply goes through the same checks and finalisers as the composer,
+// so the disclaimer and the external-recipient confirm reach it too.
+
+const html = { id: 'i', name: 'Me', email: 'me@example.com', htmlSignature: '<b>Me</b>', textSignature: '' } as Identity;
+const text = { id: 'i', name: 'Me', email: 'me@example.com', htmlSignature: '', textSignature: 'Me' } as Identity;
+const input = (signatureIdentity: Identity) => ({
+  body: 'Thanks <3', signatureIdentity, separator: true, to: ['bob@example.com'], fromEmail: 'me@example.com', identityId: 'i',
+});
+
+afterEach(() => resetSendPipeline());
+
+describe('prepareQuickReply', () => {
+  it('builds the text and, for an HTML signature, an escaped HTML body', async () => {
+    const withHtml = await prepareQuickReply(input(html));
+    expect(withHtml?.html).toContain('<div>Thanks &lt;3</div>');
+    expect(withHtml?.html).toContain('<b>Me</b>');
+    expect(withHtml?.text).toContain('Thanks <3');
+    const plain = await prepareQuickReply(input(text));
+    expect(plain?.html).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(plain?.text).toMatch(/Thanks <3[\s\S]*-- \nMe$/);
+  });
+
+  it('runs the finalisers with a reply context', async () => {
+    const contexts: unknown[] = [];
+    registerOutgoingFinalizer('f', 10, (bodies, context) => {
+      contexts.push(context);
+      return { html: bodies.html, text: `${bodies.text}\nFooter` };
+    });
+    const out = await prepareQuickReply(input(text));
+    expect(out?.text).toMatch(/\nFooter$/);
+    expect(contexts).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ surface: 'quick-reply', mode: 'reply', to: ['bob@example.com'], plainText: true })]);
+  });
+
+  it('sends nothing when a check says no', async () => {
+    registerPreSendCheck('no', 10, () => false);
+    expect(await prepareQuickReply(input(text))).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/outgoing/__tests__/send-pipeline.test.ts b/lib/outgoing/__tests__/send-pipeline.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9492a1f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/outgoing/__tests__/send-pipeline.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  finalizeOutgoing,
+  registerOutgoingFinalizer,
+  registerPreSendCheck,
+  resetSendPipeline,
+  runPreSendChecks,
+  type OutgoingContext,
+} from '@/lib/outgoing/send-pipeline';
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/debug', () => ({ debug: { log: () => {}, warn: () => {}, error: () => {} } }));
+
+const CONTEXT: OutgoingContext = {
+  surface: 'composer', to: ['a@example.com'], cc: [], bcc: [], mode: 'compose', plainText: false,
+};
+
+afterEach(() => resetSendPipeline());
+
+describe('finalizeOutgoing', () => {
+  it('runs finalisers in order and leaves the bodies alone without any', () => {
+    expect(finalizeOutgoing({ html: '<p>x</p>', text: 'x' }, CONTEXT)).toEqual({ html: '<p>x</p>', text: 'x' });
+    registerOutgoingFinalizer('second', 20, (b) => ({ ...b, text: `${b.text}2` }));
+    registerOutgoingFinalizer('first', 10, (b) => ({ ...b, text: `${b.text}1` }));
+    expect(finalizeOutgoing({ text: 'x' }, CONTEXT).text).toBe('x12');
+  });
+
+  it('replaces a finaliser registered again under the same id, and unregisters', () => {
+    registerOutgoingFinalizer('f', 10, (b) => ({ ...b, text: 'old' }));
+    const off = registerOutgoingFinalizer('f', 10, (b) => ({ ...b, text: 'new' }));
+    expect(finalizeOutgoing({ text: 'x' }, CONTEXT).text).toBe('new');
+    off();
+    expect(finalizeOutgoing({ text: 'x' }, CONTEXT).text).toBe('x');
+  });
+
+  it('skips a finaliser that throws', () => {
+    registerOutgoingFinalizer('broken', 10, () => { throw new Error('boom'); });
+    registerOutgoingFinalizer('ok', 20, (b) => ({ ...b, text: `${b.text}!` }));
+    expect(finalizeOutgoing({ text: 'x' }, CONTEXT).text).toBe('x!');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('runPreSendChecks', () => {
+  it('stops at the first check that says no', async () => {
+    const later = vi.fn(() => true);
+    registerPreSendCheck('no', 10, async () => false);
+    registerPreSendCheck('later', 20, later);
+    expect(await runPreSendChecks(CONTEXT)).toBe(false);
+    expect(later).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('sends when every check agrees or there are none, and skips one that throws', async () => {
+    expect(await runPreSendChecks(CONTEXT)).toBe(true);
+    registerPreSendCheck('broken', 10, () => { throw new Error('boom'); });
+    registerPreSendCheck('yes', 20, () => true);
+    expect(await runPreSendChecks(CONTEXT)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/outgoing/quick-reply.ts b/lib/outgoing/quick-reply.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce696325a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/outgoing/quick-reply.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import type { Identity } from '@/lib/jmap/types';
+import { appendHtmlSignature, appendPlainTextSignature } from '@/lib/signature-utils';
+import { finalizeOutgoing, runPreSendChecks, type OutgoingBodies } from './send-pipeline';
+
+/**
+ * The bodies a quick reply sends: the typed text with the signature, as
+ * HTML too when the signature is HTML, after the same pre-send checks and
+ * finalisers as the composer's send. Null when a check stopped the send.
+ */
+export async function prepareQuickReply(input: {
+  body: string;
+  signatureIdentity: Identity | null | undefined;
+  separator: boolean;
+  to: string[];
+  fromEmail?: string;
+  identityId?: string;
+}): Promise<OutgoingBodies | null> {
+  const { body, signatureIdentity, separator } = input;
+  const text = appendPlainTextSignature(body, signatureIdentity, { separator });
+
+  // When the identity has an HTML signature, send a matching HTML body so the
+  // signature keeps its formatting; appendPlainTextSignature would otherwise
+  // flatten it to plain text. Text-only identities keep the plain-text-only
+  // behavior (no HTML part).
+  const escapedBody = body
+    .replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
+    .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
+    .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
+    .replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
+  const html = signatureIdentity?.htmlSignature?.trim()
+    ? appendHtmlSignature(`<div>${escapedBody}</div>`, signatureIdentity, { separator })
+    : undefined;
+
+  const context = {
+    surface: 'quick-reply' as const,
+    to: input.to,
+    cc: [],
+    bcc: [],
+    fromEmail: input.fromEmail,
+    identityId: input.identityId,
+    mode: 'reply' as const,
+    plainText: !html,
+  };
+  if (!(await runPreSendChecks(context))) return null;
+  return finalizeOutgoing({ html, text }, context);
+}
diff --git a/lib/outgoing/send-pipeline.ts b/lib/outgoing/send-pipeline.ts
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+++ b/lib/outgoing/send-pipeline.ts
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+/**
+ * One path for everything Bulwark does to a message on its way out, for
+ * every surface that sends: the composer and quick reply. Features register
+ * here instead of patching each send function:
+ *
+ * - pre-send checks run before anything is sent and may ask the user
+ *   (the external-recipient confirm);
+ * - finalisers change the bodies that go out (the organisation signature
+ *   check, the legal disclaimer). They run on sends only, never on drafts,
+ *   so a re-opened draft never carries what they add.
+ *
+ * With nothing registered both are no-ops.
+ */
+
+import { debug } from '@/lib/debug';
+
+export type SendSurface = 'composer' | 'quick-reply';
+
+export interface OutgoingContext {
+  surface: SendSurface;
+  /** Recipient addresses, without names. */
+  to: string[];
+  cc: string[];
+  bcc: string[];
+  fromEmail?: string;
+  identityId?: string;
+  /** compose, reply, replyAll or forward; quick reply is a reply. */
+  mode: 'compose' | 'reply' | 'replyAll' | 'forward';
+  /** Plain-text-only message (no HTML part). */
+  plainText: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface OutgoingBodies {
+  /** The HTML part; undefined for a plain-text-only message. */
+  html?: string;
+  text: string;
+}
+
+/** Changes the bodies; must return them unchanged when it has nothing to do. */
+export type OutgoingFinalizer = (bodies: OutgoingBodies, context: OutgoingContext) => OutgoingBodies;
+
+/** Resolves false to stop the send (after telling the user why, or asking them). */
+export type PreSendCheck = (context: OutgoingContext) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
+
+interface Entry<T> {
+  id: string;
+  order: number;
+  run: T;
+}
+
+const finalizers: Entry<OutgoingFinalizer>[] = [];
+const checks: Entry<PreSendCheck>[] = [];
+
+function register<T>(list: Entry<T>[], id: string, order: number, run: T): () => void {
+  const existing = list.findIndex((entry) => entry.id === id);
+  if (existing >= 0) list.splice(existing, 1);
+  list.push({ id, order, run });
+  list.sort((a, b) => a.order - b.order);
+  return () => {
+    const index = list.findIndex((entry) => entry.id === id && entry.run === run);
+    if (index >= 0) list.splice(index, 1);
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adds a finaliser; lower `order` runs first. Registering the same id again
+ * replaces it. Returns the unregister function.
+ */
+export function registerOutgoingFinalizer(id: string, order: number, run: OutgoingFinalizer): () => void {
+  return register(finalizers, id, order, run);
+}
+
+/** Adds a pre-send check; lower `order` asks first. Returns the unregister function. */
+export function registerPreSendCheck(id: string, order: number, run: PreSendCheck): () => void {
+  return register(checks, id, order, run);
+}
+
+/** The bodies as they go out, after every finaliser. */
+export function finalizeOutgoing(bodies: OutgoingBodies, context: OutgoingContext): OutgoingBodies {
+  let current = bodies;
+  for (const entry of finalizers) {
+    try {
+      current = entry.run(current, context);
+    } catch (error) {
+      // A broken finaliser must not stop the mail; it goes out without its change.
+      debug.error(`Outgoing finaliser ${entry.id} failed:`, error);
+    }
+  }
+  return current;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Runs the checks in order and stops at the first that says no. A check
+ * that throws is skipped: the checks warn, they don't guard, and a bug in
+ * one must not make sending impossible.
+ */
+export async function runPreSendChecks(context: OutgoingContext): Promise<boolean> {
+  for (const entry of [...checks]) {
+    try {
+      if (!(await entry.run(context))) {
+        debug.log('email', `Send stopped by the pre-send check ${entry.id}`);
+        return false;
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      debug.error(`Pre-send check ${entry.id} failed:`, error);
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+/** For tests: forget every registration. */
+export function resetSendPipeline(): void {
+  finalizers.length = 0;
+  checks.length = 0;
+}