claws-mail does not add cite

If I answer an incoming mail, I want to have the mail cited. claws mail is set up to cite the whole mail automatically. This does not work.

Setting the required configuration to

Citation Sign: >

On %d %f wrote:

%q
%X

will lead to an empty mail. In all cases. You will have to copy the original mail manually.
Citing wont work as expected.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
Package: claws-mail 3.17.8-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-13.14-generic 5.11.7
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu61
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Apr 8 14:14:47 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-09 (576 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
SourcePackage: claws-mail
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)